CVE-1999-0961

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.

HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

HP HP-UX

First reported 28 years ago

1996-09-21 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:00:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 9.4

9.04

HP HP-UX 9.05

9.05

References

19960921 Vunerability in HP sysdiag ?

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