CVE-2000-0159 — HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges

Back Back to CVE browser

HIGH

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges

Published Apr 18, 2000

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.00%

Description

HP Ignite-UX does not save /etc/passwd when it creates an image of a trusted system, which can set the password field to a blank and allow an attacker to gain privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.00% 0.01997

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01997

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.00% (0.01997)	79.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.00% (0.01997)	78.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.69% (0.00689)	70.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.71% (0.01708)	88.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	1.71% (0.01708)	87.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.71% (0.01708)	85.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-02-15&msg=20000217160216.13708.qmail%40underground.org		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 23, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0159

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0159

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0159