CVE-2005-3277

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.

The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

HP-UX

First reported 19 years ago

2005-10-21 18:02:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:53:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 10.20

10.20

HP-UX 11.00

11.00

HP-UX 11.11

11.11

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0064.html

http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051019.hpux_lpd_exec.pm.php

Vendor Advisory

15136

Exploit

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