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CVE-1999-0113

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0113 describes a critical vulnerability in some rlogin implementations, specifically affecting IBM AIX, where providing a "-froot" parameter could grant unauthorized root access. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-19348) exists, demonstrating privilege escalation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19348 · Dec 4, 1996
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1717 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/458
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry