CVE-2011-1738 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in HP Palm webOS versions 1.4.5 and 1.4.5.1. The flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges due to insufficient restrictions on Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) applications, which grant unintended filesystem write access. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_webos:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_webos:1.4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.