CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0966

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.55%

45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflows in lpspooler in the fileset PrinterMgmt.LP-SPOOL of HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges. This can lead to full system compromise.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain administrator privileges, allowing full control over the system. This poses a serious threat to the security of HP-UX servers.

Recommendation

Update HP-UX to a newer version or apply available security patches. Restrict local access to trusted users and monitor for unusual activity.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflows in lpspooler in the fileset PrinterMgmt.LP-SPOOL of HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

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