VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1089
Buffer overflow in chfn command in HP-UX 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.60%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in chfn command in HP-UX 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-16.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-21.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420285&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2008
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-16.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-21.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420285&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2008
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.