CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1433

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.94%

56th percentile - higher than 56% of all known CVEs

Summary

HP JetAdmin version D.01.09 on Solaris allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/jetadmin.log file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain unauthorized access to files, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the /tmp/jetadmin.log file and monitor file permissions in the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

HP JetAdmin D.01.09 on Solaris allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/jetadmin.log file.

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