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CVE-1999-1487

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in digest in AIX 4.3 allows printq users to gain root privileges by creating and/or modifing any file on the system.

Affected products

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

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rt=0&rs=0&org=apars&doc=41D8B61D1E1C4FAB852567C9002C546C
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7477.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/405
• http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rt=0&rs=0&org=apars&doc=41D8B61D1E1C4FAB852567C9002C546C
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7477.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/405

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