CVE-2000-0159

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org

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