IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0138 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 30–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read • Source: NVD CVE-1999-0138, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0138 NVD summary: The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access. References: […]