CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1242

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.46%

36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in subnetconfig in HP-UX 9.01 and 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, 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 subnetconfig to trusted users.

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in subnetconfig in HP-UX 9.01 and 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges.

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