Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0326 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0326 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0326?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.6, published 1 October 1997.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- HP HP-UX.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0326?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-0326 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0326?
- Check whether you run Hp-Ux. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The mediainit utility in HP-UX contains an unspecified vulnerability that can be exploited by local users. Based on the CVSS v2 vector (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), the flaw allows for a local attack with low complexity and no authentication required, resulting in partial impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This typically suggests a privilege escalation or insecure file handling issue common in legacy Unix utilities. HP released an advisory (HPSBUX9710-071) regarding this issue in 1997.
Affected products
- HP HP-UX
Timeline
- 1997-10-01: advisory: HP released security advisory HPSBUX9710-071
- 1997-10-01: disclosed