CVE-2001-1181 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in HP-UX 11.11, where the dynamically loadable kernel module (dlkm) static kernel symbol table is misconfigured. This allows local users to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or media coverage, though it has received significant community discussion on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.