HP HP-UX 11.11 setrlimit privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX 11.11. Impacted is an unknown function of the component setrlimit. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0279. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HP HP-UX 11.11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component setrlimit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The kernel in HP-UX 11.11 does not properly provide arguments for setrlimit, which could allow local attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2002. The weakness was published 05/31/2002 with Hewlett-Packard as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0279. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 108 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 (8195), SecurityFocus (BID 4094†), OSVDB (9585†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20933†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Status: Not defined

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02/12/2002 🔍
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05/31/2002 +108 days 🔍
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02/17/2009 +2454 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +1970 days 🔍
12/15/2024 +3810 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18210

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X-Force: 8195
SecurityFocus: 4094 - HP-UX 11.11 strlimit() Kernel Panic Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9585 - HP-UX 11.11, DoS and Kernel Panic via 'strlimit()' Function Call
Vulnerability Center: 20933 - HP-UX 11.11 Kernel Local DoS and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:04
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:01
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:04 (61), 08/27/2019 16:07 (3), 12/15/2024 21:01 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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