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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 IDCVE-1999-1139
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1997-09-01
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionCharacter-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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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