CVE-1999-0115 describes a vulnerability in the AIX bugfiler program that allows local users to gain root access. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a local attack vector with low complexity, enabling an unauthenticated attacker to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry for arbitrary file creation exists, though there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.