CVE-2001-1509

HP-UX 11.20 - Privilege Escalation via geteuid Misidentification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

geteuid in Itanium Architecture (IA) running on HP-UX 11.20 does not properly identify a user's effective user id, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3606
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5364
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3452
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7324.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
hp/hp-ux 11.20
Published Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026