CVE-1999-0050 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the newgrp program in HP-UX operating systems. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.