CVE-1999-0127

Summary

CVE-1999-0127 is a vulnerability affecting HP-UX systems. The swinstall and swmodify commands in the SD-UX package are at fault. Local users can exploit this issue to create or overwrite arbitrary files, ultimately gaining root access to the system. This vulnerability poses a significant security risk, allowing unauthorized users to gain administrative privileges and potentially cause extensive damage. HP-UX users are strongly advised to apply available patches to mitigate this issue.

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