7.2High
Hp Hp-Ux
CVE-2000-1028
Buffer overflow in cu program in HP-UX 11.0 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long -l command line argument.
What this means for your business
- It affects Hp-Ux. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 72% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Hp-Ux, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2000-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Hp Hp-Ux9.00, 9.01, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06, 9.07, 9.08, 9.09, 9.10, 10.20, 11.00
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.