CVE-1999-1139

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-09-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1139, 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

Character-Terminal User Environment (CUE) in HP-UX 11.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the IOERROR.mytty file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1139

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