Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-1999-1144 is a legacy HP-UX issue where certain MPower files were installed with unsafe permissions. A local user on an affected HP-UX 10.x system could use that weakness to gain higher privileges. The available source data is sparse and does not provide severity scoring. Exposure is most likely limited to legacy HP-UX 10.x hosts with MPower installed and local user access. The structured affected-product metadata is incomplete, so inventory validation is required before scoping risk. Treat this as a legacy-system hygiene and privilege-risk issue. It is not presented as internet-exploitable in the available evidence, but affected HP-UX systems with multiple local users should be reviewed because local privilege escalation can undermine host controls. Mitigation focus: Locate and review HP advisory HPSBUX9701-051 for vendor-directed remediation.; Apply any HP-recommended patches or permission corrections from the advisory.; Restrict local interactive access on affected HP-UX systems..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- hp-mpower(2056)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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