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A vulnerability has been found in HP HP-UX (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function catopen
. The manipulation of the argument NLSPATH
as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 11/19/2002. The weakness was shared 11/07/2003 by NSFOCUS with NSFocus (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www5.itrc.hp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0090. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13621) and Exploit-DB (134). The entry 373 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
11/05/2002 🔍11/19/2002 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: www5.itrc.hp.com
Researcher: NSFOCUS
Organization: NSFocus
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0090 (🔍)
X-Force: 13621
SecurityFocus: 8985 - HP-UX NLSPATH Environment Variable Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 10159
OSVDB: 2782 - HP-UX NLSPATH Local Privilege Escalation
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 04/11/2016 15:46Updated: 07/13/2022 09:10
Changes: 04/11/2016 15:46 (47), 10/01/2018 10:56 (12), 07/13/2022 09:10 (2)
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