CVE-1999-0961
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-04-18 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
Summary
HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419906&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419906&w=2
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