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CVE-2008-1660
Unspecified vulnerability in useradd on HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to access arbitrary files and directories…
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in useradd on HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to access arbitrary files and directories via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- HPSBUX02335 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- hpux-useradd-security-bypass(42523) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30308 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1661 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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