CVE-2012-2010 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HP OpenVMS versions 8.3 and 8.4 on Alpha, and 8.3, 8.3-1H1, and 8.4 on Itanium platforms, specifically when the SYS$ACM system service is enabled. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to its local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, although it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.3:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3-1h1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.3-1h1:*:integrity_servers:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.4:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.4:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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