CVE-1999-1552: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dpsexec (DPS Server) when running under XDM in IBM AIX 3.2.5 and earlier does not properly check privileges, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: up to and including 3.2.5; version 3.1 only; version 3.2 only; version 3.2.4 only

Published 1994-07-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.