HP HP-UX 11.20 on Itanium geteuid privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.20 on Itanium. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component geteuid. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-1509. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.20 on Itanium (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component geteuid. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

geteuid in Itanium Architecture (IA) running on HP-UX 11.20 does not properly identify a user s effective user id, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2001. The weakness was presented 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1509 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 76 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7324), SecurityFocus (BID 3452†), OSVDB (20215†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20932†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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12/31/2001 +76 days 🔍
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07/14/2005 +1291 days 🔍
02/17/2009 +1314 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +1970 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1873 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17828

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X-Force: 7324
SecurityFocus: 3452 - HP-UX 11.20 IA GetEUID Vulnerability
OSVDB: 20215 - HP-UX - 11.20- IA GetEUID Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 20932 - HP-UX 11.20 Geteuid in Itanium Architecture Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:27
Updated: 08/27/2019 15:54
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:27 (61), 08/27/2019 15:54 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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