CVE-2000-0159

Published Feb 17, 2000

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "771931F7-9180-4EBD-8627-E1CF17D24647"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References