CVE-1999-1460

BMC PATROL SNMP Agent <3.2.07 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-1460. PoCs published by Andrew Alness.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Patrol 3.2 by leveraging the snmpmagt binary to create or overwrite arbitrary files (e.g., /.rhosts) with root ownership and world-writable permissions due to improper file handling.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Andrew Alness · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19422

This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Patrol 3.2 by leveraging the snmpmagt binary to create or overwrite arbitrary files (e.g., /.rhosts) with root ownership and world-writable permissions due to improper file handling.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Patrol 3.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Presence of the vulnerable snmpmagt binary
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93198293132463&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93372579004129&w=2
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/525

Scores

EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 56.7%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
bmc/patrol_agent 3.2
bmc/patrol_agent 3.2.3
bmc/patrol_agent 3.2.5
bmc/patrol_agent < 3.2.7
Published Jul 13, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026