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CVE-1999-1208

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ping in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 3.2.5, 4.1, 4.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419330&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419337&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/803
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419330&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419337&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/803

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