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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1486

CVE-1999-1486

Description

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

10
  • IBM/Aixllm-fuzzy10 versions
    4.1 through 4.3+ 9 more
    • (no CPE)range: 4.1 through 4.3
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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