CVE-1999-1133 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HP-UX 9.x and 10.x systems running X windows. Specifically, unauthenticated users could exploit applications like vuefile, vuepad, dtfile, or dtpad to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:P/I:P/A:P
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