CVE-1999-1308

Medium

Published: 31/07/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.48%

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

Summary

Certain programs in HP-UX 10.20 do not properly handle large user IDs (UID) or group IDs (GID) over 60000, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized privileges, posing a risk to system security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update HP-UX to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor user privileges.

Original NVD description (English source)

Certain programs in HP-UX 10.20 do not properly handle large user IDs (UID) or group IDs (GID) over 60000, which could allow local users to gain privileges.