CVE-1999-1139 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Character-Terminal User Environment (CUE) in HP-UX 11.0 and)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1139 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-09-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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