CVE-1999-1552 — IBM AIX vulnerability

4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedJul 20
Latest updateApr 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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix3.2.5+3

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
IBM AIX 3.1/3.2/3.2.4/3.2.5 dpsexec Local Privilege Escalation (BID-358)↗2026-04-16
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GHSA
GHSA-8gvm-3v25-425g: dpsexec (DPS Server) when running under XDM in IBM AIX 3↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-1999-1552: dpsexec (DPS Server) when running under XDM in IBM AIX 3↗2001-09-12
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CVE-1999-1552 — IBM AIX vulnerability | cvebase