CVE-1999-0694

Low

Published: 11/08/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.29%

21th percentile — higher than 21% of all known CVEs

CVE-1999-0694 vulnerability concerns the ptrace system call in AIX, allowing local users to crash the system.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the system, leading to service availability interruptions.

It is recommended to restrict access to the ptrace call to trusted users and to monitor the system for unauthorized activities.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in AIX ptrace system call allows local users to crash the system.