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CVE-1999-1079

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-05-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 3.2.5, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 (+5)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92601792420088&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93587956513233&w=2
• http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rs=0&rt=0&org=apars&doc=08E0B1A1B85472A1852567C90031BB36
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/439
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92601792420088&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93587956513233&w=2
• http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rs=0&rt=0&org=apars&doc=08E0B1A1B85472A1852567C90031BB36
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/439

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