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CVE-1999-1117

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

lquerypv in AIX 4.1 and 4.2 allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file in the -h command line parameter.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.1, 4.2

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420195&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420196&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&w=2&r=1&s=lquerypv&q=b
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/455
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1752
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-13.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420195&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420196&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&w=2&r=1&s=lquerypv&q=b
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/455
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1752

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