CVE-1999-1405

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 1999-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

snap command in AIX before 4.3.2 creates the /tmp/ibmsupt directory with world-readable permissions and does not remove or clear the directory when snap -a is executed, which could allow local users to access the shadowed password file by creating /tmp/ibmsupt/general/passwd before root runs snap -a.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 3.2.5, 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5 (+2)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936783009385&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91954824614013&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/375
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936783009385&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91954824614013&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/375

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