CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1139

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.49%

38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Character-Terminal User Environment (CUE) in HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the IOERROR.mytty file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain full control over the system, posing a significant security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version and implement appropriate security measures to minimize the risk of symlink attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Character-Terminal User Environment (CUE) in HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the IOERROR.mytty file.

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