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CVE-1999-1552

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 1994-07-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

dpsexec (DPS Server) when running under XDM in IBM AIX 3.2.5 and earlier does not properly check privileges, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: through 3.2.5; 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.4

References

• http://lists.insecure.org/lists/bugtraq/1994/Jul/0038.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/358
• http://lists.insecure.org/lists/bugtraq/1994/Jul/0038.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/358

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