CVE-1999-1405
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936783009385&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91954824614013&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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