CVE-2003-0089 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Software Distributor utilities of HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a long LANG environment variable to setuid programs like swinstall or swmodify, leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on KEV or Hot Lists, exploit code is publicly available through ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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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