HP HP-UX -S memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX (Operating System) (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument -S 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Software Distributor in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, B.11.11, and B.11.23 allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 03/12/2007 with NCC Group (Website). The advisory is shared at blogs.23.nu. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2574 since 05/24/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by prdelka and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21650 (HP-UX PHCO_34568 : HP-UX Running Software Distributor Local Elevation of Privilege (HPSBUX02114 SSRT061115 rev.1)), 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (21650) and Exploit-DB (2633). See 30412 and 32990 for similar entries.

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

Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: prdelka
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Nessus ID: 21650
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHCO_34568 : HP-UX Running Software Distributor Local Elevation of Privilege (HPSBUX02114 SSRT061115 rev.1)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: blogs.23.nu
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2574 (🔍)
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X-Force: 26609
SecurityTracker: 1016139
SecurityFocus: 20706 - HP-UX Software Distributor SWPackage Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 20230
OSVDB: 33994 - HP-UX swpackage -S Argument Local Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2006-1947

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/08/2016 21:46
Updated: 08/09/2022 12:53
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:46 (69), 12/13/2018 10:18 (10), 08/09/2022 12:45 (3), 08/09/2022 12:53 (1)
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