CVE-2000-0159

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Feb 17, 2000
Updated: Nov 7, 2023

Summary

CVE-2000-0159 is a vulnerability affecting HP Ignite-UX. This issue arises due to the software's failure to save the /etc/passwd file during system image creation. An attacker can exploit this omission by setting the password field to blank, thus enabling unauthorized access with elevated privileges.

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