CVE-2004-0965

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

stmkfont in HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23 relies on the user-specified PATH when executing certain commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to malicious programs.

stmkfont in HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23 relies on the user-specified PATH when executing certain commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to malicious programs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

HP-UX

First reported 20 years ago

2005-02-09 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

HP-UX 11.00

11.00

HP-UX 11.11

11.11

HP-UX 11i v1.6

11.22

References

20041021 NSFOCUS SA2004-02 : HP-UX stmkfont Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0402.htm

SSRT4807

11493

Patch, Vendor Advisory

hpux-stmkfont-gain-privileges(17813)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5538

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