CVE-2000-0159

N/A

Published: April 18, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:51 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorHP Ux

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

HP Ux · HP

95%

11.00

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org

References (1)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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