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CVE-1999-0803

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0803 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in the fwluser script of IBM AIX eNetwork Firewall. This flaw allows local users to write to arbitrary files, potentially leading to data corruption or unauthorized modification. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial impact on integrity. While there is an ExploitDB entry detailing insecure temporary file creation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix_enetwork_firewall:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix_enetwork_firewall:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19229 · May 25, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
osvdb.org / 962