Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0246 - Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
hp
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 1996-10-01
Updated: 2022-08-17

Summary

HP Remote Watch allows a remote user to gain root access.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
1

Nessus

NASL familyGain a shell remotely
NASL idREMWATCH.NASL
descriptionremwatch is installed and allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker may issue shell commands as root by connecting to the remwatch daemon, and issue the command :
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10202
published1999-08-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10202
titleHP Remote Watch showdisk Remote Privilege Escalation

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