CVE-1999-1239

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

HP-UX 9.x does not properly enable the Xauthority mechanism in certain conditions, which could allow local users to access the X display even when they have not explicitly been authorized to do so.

HP-UX 9.x does not properly enable the Xauthority mechanism in certain conditions, which could allow local users to access the X display even when they have not explicitly been authorized to do so.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 30 years ago

1994-07-13 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 9

9

References

HPSBUX9407-015

Patch, Vendor Advisory

hp-xauthority(2261)

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