PT-1997-1191 · Hewlett Packard · Hp-Ux

Published 1997-09-01 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-1999-1139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HP-UX versions 11.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the IOERROR.mytty file.

Recommendations For HP-UX versions 11.0 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1139

Affected Products

Hp-Ux

References · 6

• http://codetalker.com/advisories/vendor/hp/hpsbux9801-074.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1139 · Security Note
• http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-199801/0122.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/2007.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602880019745&w=2 · Note
• http://ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-027b.shtml · Note