HP HP-UX 10.20/11.00/11.11 LPD Service memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 10.20/11.00/11.11 (Operating System). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component LPD Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2002. The weakness was shared 10/19/2005 by H D Moore with MetaSploit (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3277 since 10/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/13/2019).

The exploit is shared for download at frsirt.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1149 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 9790.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (1261). The entry 20005 is related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Snort ID: 9790

Suricata ID: 2002852
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: H D Moore
Organization: MetaSploit
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3277 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 10261 - HP-UX LPD Service Shell Metacharacters Code Execution, Critical
SecurityFocus: 15136 - HP-UX LPD Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 21592 - HP-UX lpd Shell Metacharacter Remote Command Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/13/2019 18:24
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (73), 06/13/2019 18:24 (2)
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