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CVE-1999-1117
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.
Low2.1EPSS 0.75%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.75% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- H-13 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 19961125 AIX lquerypv (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ibm-lquerypv(1752) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19961125 lquerypv fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19961124 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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