CVE-2000-0159: HP HP-Ux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• HP HP-Ux: version 11.00 only

Published 2000-02-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.