CVE-1999-0388 — DataLynx suGuard trusts the PATH environment variable to execute the ps command, allowing local users to execute commands as root

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MEDIUM

DataLynx suGuard trusts the PATH environment variable to execute the ps command, allowing local users to execute commands as root

Published Sep 29, 1999

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.66%

Description

DataLynx suGuard trusts the PATH environment variable to execute the ps command, allowing local users to execute commands as root.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.66% 0.00661

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00661

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.66% (0.00661)	49.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.66% (0.00661)	46.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00174)	36.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.osvdb.org/3186
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/3186		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 29, 1999

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Link CVE-1999-0388

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-0388

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-0388