CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0127

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.58%

43th percentile - higher than 43% of all known CVEs

Summary

The swinstall and swmodify commands in the SD-UX package on HP-UX systems allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially leading to root access.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability allows local users to escalate their privileges, which can result in serious security breaches within the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the HP-UX system and restrict access to the swinstall and swmodify commands to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

swinstall and swmodify commands in SD-UX package in HP-UX systems allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files to gain root access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS