Vulnerability CVE-1999-1459
Published: 1998-11-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
BMC PATROL Agent before 3.2.07 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
BMC -> Patrol agent 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/534
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise10.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1388
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