CVE-1999-0246 describes a critical vulnerability in HP Remote Watch, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain full root access to affected HP-UX systems. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw permits complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its age and high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it shows no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.