CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1089

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.61%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the chfn command in HP-UX versions 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system with elevated privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update HP-UX to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the chfn command to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in chfn command in HP-UX 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

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