CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP HP-UX (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
HP-UX aserver program allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
The weakness was disclosed 01/02/1999 by FIRST (Website). The advisory is shared at oval.cisecurity.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3881). The entries 15214 and 15215 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
- 7.00
- 7.02
- 7.04
- 7.06
- 7.08
- 8.00
- 8.01
- 8.02
- 8.04
- 8.05
- 8.06
- 8.07
- 8.08
- 8.09
- 9.00
- 9.01
- 9.03
- 9.04
- 9.05
- 9.06
- 9.07
- 9.08
- 9.09
- 9.10
- 10.00
- 10.01
- 10.08
- 10.09
- 10.10
- 10.16
- 10.20
- 10.24
- 10.30
- 10.34
- 11.00
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/02/1999 🔍01/02/1999 🔍
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02/17/2009 🔍
06/20/2014 🔍
08/27/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: oval.cisecurity.org
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0005 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
X-Force: 3881
Vulnerability Center: 20908 - HP-UX 10 Through 11.4 Aserver Program Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via a Symlink Attack, High
SecurityFocus: 1928 - HP-UX Aserver /tmp/null Symbolic Link Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9609 - HP-UX aserver -f Argument last_uuid Symlink Privilege Escalation
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2014 12:39Updated: 08/27/2019 12:05
Changes: 06/20/2014 12:39 (60), 08/27/2019 12:05 (3)
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