HP HP-UX 11.00 dtprintinfo DISPLAY memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX 11.00. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component dtprintinfo. Performing a manipulation of the argument DISPLAY as part of Environment Variable results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-0840. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HP HP-UX 11.00 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function of the component dtprintinfo. The manipulation of the argument DISPLAY as part of a Environment Variable 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.

The weakness was shared 11/17/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0840 since 10/08/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 (13387), Exploit-DB (23236) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28979†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 855363
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for IKE 114435-15
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11/17/2003 +40 days 🔍
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08/15/2014 +1318 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0840 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0840
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20979
X-Force: 13387
Vulnerability Center: 28979 - HP-UX Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via a Long DISPLAY Environment Variable, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 16:36
Updated: 09/16/2024 17:55
Changes: 08/15/2014 16:36 (53), 03/13/2017 08:20 (7), 09/16/2024 17:55 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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