CVE-2000-0159

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Feb 17, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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