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CVE-1999-1589

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1589 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the crontab utility of IBM AIX version 3.2, which could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

cert.org / advisories/CA-1992-10.html
PatchUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/357
Patch