PT-1998-1227 · Bmc · Bmc Patrol Agent

Published 1998-11-02 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1459

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BMC PATROL Agent versions prior to 3.2.07

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.07, update to version 3.2.07 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1459

Affected Products

Bmc Patrol Agent

References · 4

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/534 · Vendor Advisory
• http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise10.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1459 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1388 · Note