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5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP HP-UX 9 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Xauthority. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
hp-ux 9.x does not properly enable the xauthority mechanism in certain conditions which could allow local users to access the x display even when they have not explicitly been authorized to do so.
The weakness was disclosed 07/13/1994 as HPSBUX9407-015 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1239. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (2261). The entries 13686 and 13679 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/13/1994 🔍07/13/1994 🔍
06/17/2014 🔍
05/18/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: HPSBUX9407-015⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1239 (🔍)
X-Force: 2261 - HP Xauthority allows users to gain access to the display
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Entry
Created: 06/17/2014 13:15Updated: 05/18/2018 09:15
Changes: 06/17/2014 13:15 (47), 05/18/2018 09:15 (6)
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