Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1208 - Unspecified vulnerability in IBM AIX 3.2.5/4.1/4.2

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
ibm
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1997-07-21
Updated: 2017-10-10

Summary

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

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Ibm
3

Exploit-Db

descriptionIBM AIX 4.2 ping Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1208 . Local exploit for aix platform
idEDB-ID:19307
last seen2016-02-02
modified1997-07-21
published1997-07-21
reporterBryan P. Self
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19307/
titleIBM AIX <= 4.2 ping Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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