HP HP-UX up to 11.22 /usr/bin/at memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HP HP-UX 10.20/11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /usr/bin/at. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-1614. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 10.20/11.00/11.04/11.11/11.22 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the file /usr/bin/at. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to /usr/bin/at.

The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1614 since 03/25/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Cody Tubbs and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 556 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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 (10016), Exploit-DB (281), SecurityFocus (BID 5599†) and OSVDB (18200†). The entries VDB-18732, VDB-18736, VDB-18737 and VDB-18738 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• HP

Name

• HP-UX

Version

• 10.20
• 11.00
• 11.04
• 11.11
• 11.22

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hp.com/

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