CVE-1999-1161

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Vulnerability in ppl in HP-UX 10.x and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by forcing ppl to core dump.

Vulnerability in ppl in HP-UX 10.x and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by forcing ppl to core dump.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

HP

First reported 28 years ago

1996-11-03 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:01:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 9

9

HP-UX family of operating systems

References

H-32

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19961103 Re: Untitled

19961104 ppl bugs

HPSBUX9704-057

Patch, Vendor Advisory

hp-ppl(7438)

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