CVE-1999-0690 describes a vulnerability in HP CDE where the current directory is included in the root user's PATH variable, affecting various HP CDE and HP-UX products. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating that an attacker with local access could achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.