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CVE-1999-0502

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 53.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.

Affected products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 10.20, 11
• RedHat Linux: 6.0
• Sun Solaris: 2.6
• Sunos: 5.5.1, 5.7, 5.8

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0502
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0502

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