Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux

CVE-2001-1264

Vulnerability in mkacct in HP-UX 11.04 running Virtualvault Operating System (VVOS) 4.0 and 4.5 allows attackers to elevate privileges.

Published 2001-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.039 (90.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Hp-Ux — versions 11.04
HP Vvos — versions 4.0, 4.5

References

www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3459 (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6867 (vdb-entry)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420475 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3072 (vdb-entry)
ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-119.shtml (Exploit, Patch, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)