CVE-1999-1308 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in HP-UX 10.20, where certain programs fail to properly handle user IDs (UID) or group IDs (GID) exceeding 60000. This flaw allows local users to potentially gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.