CVE-1999-1117: IBM Aix

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

lquerypv in AIX 4.1 and 4.2 allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file in the -h command line parameter.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.1 only; version 4.2 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.