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CVE-1999-1013

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1999-09-23 ยท last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1013, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

named-xfer in AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1 allows members of the system group to overwrite system files to gain root access via the -f parameter and a malformed zone file.

Sources

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C