CVE-2000-0077
CVSS 2.0 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jan 2, 2000
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Summary
CVE-2000-0077 is a vulnerability affecting the October 1998 version of HP-UX aserver program. This issue grants local users the ability to elevate privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable used by aserver to locate the ps and grep commands. Successful exploitation of this weakness could allow an attacker to gain root access and potentially take control of the system. Users are advised to update to a patched version of HP-UX aserver to mitigate this risk.
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Affected Products
- HP-UX
Affected Vendors
- HP