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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-1248

Unspecified vulnerability in usermod in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, when run with certain options that involve a new home directory, might cause usermod to change the ownership of all directories and files under the new directory, which might…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.48%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in usermod in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, when run with certain options that involve a new home directory, might cause usermod to change the ownership of all directories and files under the new directory, which might result in less secure permissions than intended.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.48% probability · 40th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
hp/hp-ux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.