CVE-1999-1208 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 3.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1189	Buffer overflow in ping in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03775.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419330&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419337&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/803

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01229}`	epss `{'score': 0.03775}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.789Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1208

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-07-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1208

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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