CVE-1999-1459 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting BMC PATROL Agent versions prior to 3.2.07, where a symlink attack on a temporary file can grant root access. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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