CVE-1999-1089

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-12-13 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1089, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1089

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C