CVE-2001-1264 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the mkacct utility within HP-UX 11.04 when running Virtualvault Operating System (VVOS) versions 4.0 and 4.5. This vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:vvos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:vvos:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.