HP HP-UX 11.00/11.4/11.11/11.23 -s memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.00/11.4/11.11/11.23 (Operating System). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument -s 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:

Format string vulnerability in the swask command in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -s argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.

The weakness was released 10/27/2006 with NCC Group (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5558 since 10/27/2006. 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 and a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/07/2018).

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

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 Exploit-DB (2635). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 32990 and 32989.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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05/24/2006 🔍
10/27/2006 +156 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3058 days 🔍
08/07/2018 +1244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5558 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 20726 - HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/07/2018 08:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (57), 08/07/2018 08:43 (2)
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