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CVE-1999-1486

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 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: 1998-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5 (+3)

References

• http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/os/bos.acct.4.3.1.0.info
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX75554&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76330&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76853&apar=only
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/408
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7675
• http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/os/bos.acct.4.3.1.0.info
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX75554&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76330&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76853&apar=only
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/408
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7675

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