Digital VMS 5.3 ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Digital VMS 5.3. Impacted is the function ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-1057. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digital VMS 5.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP. 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. The summary by CVE is:

vms 4.0 through 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via the analyze/process_dump dcl command.

The weakness was presented 10/25/1990 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1057. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 databases at X-Force (7137) and SecurityFocus (BID 12†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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06/16/2014 +8635 days 🔍
06/07/2024 +3644 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cert.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1057 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13623
X-Force: 7137
SecurityFocus: 12 - VMS ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2014 15:30
Updated: 06/07/2024 14:36
Changes: 06/16/2014 15:30 (43), 05/17/2018 09:03 (6), 06/07/2024 14:36 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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