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CVE-1999-0132

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1996-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Expreserve, as used in vi and ex, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.

Affected products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 9, 10
• Sun Solaris: 2.4
• Sunos: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.3c, 4.1.3u1, 5.0 (+4)

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-19.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/11723
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/401
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-19.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/11723
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/401

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