CVE-1999-1161: HP HP-Ux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in ppl in HP-UX 10.x and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by forcing ppl to core dump.

Affected products

• HP HP-Ux: up to and including 10; version 9 only

Published 1996-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.