CVE-1999-1079: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 3.2.5 only; version 4.1 only; version 4.1.1 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.4 only; …

Published 1999-05-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.