CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HP HP-UX 11.11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component setrlimit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The kernel in HP-UX 11.11 does not properly provide arguments for setrlimit, which could allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly gain privileges.
The bug was discovered 02/12/2002. The weakness was published 05/31/2002 with Hewlett-Packard as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0279. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 108 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (8195).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/12/2002 🔍02/12/2002 🔍
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02/17/2009 🔍
07/11/2014 🔍
08/27/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2002-0279 (🔍)
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X-Force: 8195
Vulnerability Center: 20933 - HP-UX 11.11 Kernel Local DoS and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 4094 - HP-UX 11.11 strlimit() Kernel Panic Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9585 - HP-UX 11.11, DoS and Kernel Panic via 'strlimit()' Function Call
Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 14:04Updated: 08/27/2019 16:07
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:04 (61), 08/27/2019 16:07 (3)
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