Vulnerability in Cde

CVE-1999-0690

HP CDE program includes the current directory in root's PATH variable.

Published 1999-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cde
HP Hp-Ux — versions 10

References

www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do (vendor-advisory)
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-053.shtml (government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)