CVE-1999-1433 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HP JetAdmin D.01.09 on Solaris. An attacker can exploit a symlink race condition on the /tmp/jetadmin.log file to arbitrarily change file permissions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
rev._d.01.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:jetadmin:rev._d.01.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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