HP HP-UX 11.00/11.11/11.22/11.23 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.11/11.22/11.23 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

stmkfont in HP-UX B.11.00 through B.11.23 relies on the user-specified PATH when executing certain commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to malicious programs.

The weakness was shared 02/09/2005 by NSFOCUS with NSFOCUS Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0965 since 10/19/2004. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16637 (HP-UX PHSS_31987 : HP-UX stmkfont Local Unauthorized Privileged Access (HPSBUX01088 SSRT4807 rev.2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17813) and Tenable (16637).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 16637
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHSS_31987 : HP-UX stmkfont Local Unauthorized Privileged Access (HPSBUX01088 SSRT4807 rev.2)
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OpenVAS ID: 58737
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for xfs and stmkfont HPSBUX01061
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10/19/2004 🔍
10/21/2004 +2 days 🔍
02/09/2005 +111 days 🔍
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03/19/2007 +761 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2913 days 🔍
05/01/2019 +1513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: NSFOCUS
Organization: NSFOCUS Security Team
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0965 (🔍)
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X-Force: 17813
SecurityFocus: 11493 - HP-UX STMKFONT Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/01/2019 09:08
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (64), 05/01/2019 09:08 (6)
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