CVE-2000-0159

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

2000-02-17 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:03:00

Affected Software

HP-UX 11.00

11.00

References

HPSBUX0002-111

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