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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.codetalker.com/advisories/vendor/hp/hpsbux9801-074.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-199801/0122.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-027b.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/2007.php
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602880019745&w=2

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 1997-08-31 21:00

Updated : 2016-10-17 19:01

NVD link : CVE-1999-1139

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1139

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

hp-ux

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