CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0978

7.5 HIGH Published 2001-09-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-09-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

Affected configurations

• hp hp-ux 10.26

References