CVE-2001-0379 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability within the newgrp program on HP9000 servers running HP-UX 11.11. An attacker with local access can exploit this flaw to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to compromise of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.