CVE-1999-1249

Summary

CVE-1999-1249 is a vulnerability affecting movemail, a component of HP-UX 10.20. The issue arises due to insecure permissions on movemail, enabling local users to exploit it and elevate their privileges. Successful exploitation could potentially grant attackers administrative access, posing a significant security risk. This vulnerability is considered a local privilege escalation flaw and requires no network access, making it a serious concern for systems running HP-UX 10.20. It is highly recommended that affected organizations apply the available patch or workaround to mitigate this vulnerability.

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