CVE-2004-2693 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11 systems with B6848AB GTK+ Support Libraries installed. Insecure directory permissions in /opt/gnome/src/GLib/ allow local users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring only local access and low attack complexity. Despite its age, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting continued awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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
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.