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VAR-199606-0003

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:25
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access. HP-UX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this issue to gain root privileges
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CVE-1999-0138 (GCVE-0-1999-0138)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 1999-09-29 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:27
Summary
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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mitre
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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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VAR-199606-0003

CVE-1999-0138 (GCVE-0-1999-0138)

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