CVE-1999-1139

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1139
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1997-09-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCharacter-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerability in CUE under HP-UX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.codetalker.com Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
ISS X-Force Database: hp-cue (2007): HP-UX CUE program allows users to manipulate files and gain elevated privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
'HP UX Bug :)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Bugtraq January 1998: HP-UX CUE, CUD and LAND vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
HP-UX Vulnerabilities (CUE, CDE, land) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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