HP HP-UX 9/10 X Window improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 9/10 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component X Window. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

hp-ux 9.x and 10.x running x windows may allow local attackers to gain privileges via (1) vuefile (2) vuepad (3) dtfile or (4) dtpad which do not authenticate users.

The weakness was released 09/01/1997 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1133. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (499). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 13977.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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06/18/2014 +6134 days 🔍
05/19/2018 +1431 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1133 (🔍)
X-Force: 499 - HP-UX vue and dt programs could inadvertently allow malicious access

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 16:12
Updated: 05/19/2018 09:50
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:12 (47), 05/19/2018 09:50 (6)
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