VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1208

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1997-07-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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

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