CVE-2003-1097 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the rexec utility on HP-UX B.10.20, B.11.00, and B.11.04 systems when configured as setuid root. This flaw allows local attackers to escalate privileges by supplying an excessively long -l option. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity local attack with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-22552) exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
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.