CVE-1999-1139

Published Sep 1, 1997

Last updated 9 months ago

Overview

Description: Character-Terminal User Environment (CUE) in HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the IOERROR.mytty file.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "59AD3EDE-3ABD-4686-98CB-42BB56345AE3",
            "versionEndIncluding": "11.00"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References