CVE-1999-0127 — swinstall and swmodify commands in SD-UX package in HP-UX systems allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files to gain root access

swinstall and swmodify commands in SD-UX package in HP-UX systems allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files to gain root access

Published Feb 4, 2000

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.57%

swinstall and swmodify commands in SD-UX package in HP-UX systems allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files to gain root access.

No remediation recorded yet.

0.57% 0.00572

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00572

2022–2026

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.57% (0.00572)	45.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.58% (0.00577)	42.79th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00060)	15.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Aug 17, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.29th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0127		x_refsource_MISC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 4, 2000

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a