CVE-1999-1139 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00128.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Hp Subscribe	Hp-ux Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1120	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602880019745&w=2
http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-199801/0122.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-027b.shtml
http://www.codetalker.com/advisories/vendor/hp/hpsbux9801-074.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/2007.php

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.779Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1139

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1997-09-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1139

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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