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CVE-1999-1405

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/02/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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