VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1139
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602880019745&w=2
- http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-199801/0122.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-027b.shtml
- http://www.codetalker.com/advisories/vendor/hp/hpsbux9801-074.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/2007.php
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602880019745&w=2
- http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-199801/0122.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-027b.shtml
- http://www.codetalker.com/advisories/vendor/hp/hpsbux9801-074.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/2007.php
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.