HP HP-UX 11.00 Character-Terminal User Environment IOERROR.mytty privileges management
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HP HP-UX 11.00 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the file IOERROR.mytty of the component Character-Terminal User Environment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
character-terminal user environment (cue) in hp-ux 11.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the ioerror.mytty file.
The weakness was disclosed 09/01/1997 (Website). The advisory is shared at security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1139. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The entry 13976 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Timeline
09/01/1997 🔍09/01/1997 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1139 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 16:12Updated: 05/19/2018 09:51
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:12 (44), 05/19/2018 09:51 (6)
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