Local Privilege Escalation in BMC PATROL Agent
CVE-1999-1459

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Bmc
Status: Patrol Agent
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 November 1998

What is CVE-1999-1459?

BMC PATROL Agent prior to version 3.2.07 is susceptible to a local privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing local users to execute a symlink attack on a temporary file. This can result in unauthorized elevated access, potentially compromising system integrity by granting users root privileges without proper authorization.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1388

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http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise10.php

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/534

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Timeline

Vulnerability Reserved
Aug 31, 2001
Vulnerability published
Nov 2, 1998

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What is CVE-1999-1459?

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