VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1139

CVSS score7.2 HIGH

EPSS probability0.49%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published1997-09-01

Last modified2026-06-16

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.