VDB-59466 · CVE-2011-4159 · BID 50704

HP Event Monitoring Service up to A.04.20.11.3 System Administration Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HP Event Monitoring Service up to A.04.20.11.3. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component System Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in System Administration Manager (SAM) in EMS before A.04.20.11.04_01 on HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 11/18/2011 (Website). The advisory is available at h20565.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-4159. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119751 (HP-UX Running System Administration Manager Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (HPSBUX02724)).

Upgrading to version A.04.20.11.04 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 50704†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33878†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Event Monitoring Service A.04.20.11.04

Timelineinfo

10/21/2011 🔍
11/18/2011 +28 days 🔍
11/18/2011 +0 days 🔍
11/18/2011 +0 days 🔍
11/20/2011 +2 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1219 days 🔍
01/05/2025 +3576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20565.www2.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59466

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SecurityFocus: 50704
Vulnerability Center: 33878 - System Administration Manager in EMS on HP-UX Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 01/05/2025 08:25 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (48), 04/05/2017 02:51 PM (6), 11/26/2021 03:31 PM (3), 01/05/2025 08:25 PM (19)
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