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CVE-1999-1089

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1996-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in chfn command in HP-UX 9.X through 10.20 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: through 10.20; 9, 10

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-16.shtml
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-21.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420285&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2008
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-16.shtml
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-21.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420285&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2008

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