CVE-1999-0050

Summary

CVE-1999-0050 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability impacting the HP-UX newgrp program. Malicious users could exploit this issue by sending specially crafted input to the newgrp command, leading to unintended memory overwrites. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution, potentially granting attackers elevated privileges and unauthorized access to sensitive information or system functions. This issue poses a serious risk to HP-UX environments and requires urgent patching to mitigate the threat.

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