CVE-1999-1460

Exp

BMC PATROL SNMP Agent before 3.2.07 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files as root by specifying the target file as the second argument to the snmpmagt program.

Published: 1999-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1460 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-1460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19422 exploit_db edb 1999-07-14 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1460

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-27 0.14% 0.40% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.14% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bmc patrol_agent <= 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc patrol_agent 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc patrol_agent 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bmc patrol_agent 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1460

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