HP HP-UX up to 11.22 stmkfont Utility memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HP HP-UX. This affects an unknown function of the component stmkfont Utility. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-1359. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component stmkfont Utility. 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 stmkfont utility of HP-UX 10.0 through 11.22 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2003 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-1359 since 10/16/2007. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11313), Exploit-DB (22246) and SecurityFocus (BID 6836†). The entries VDB-21281 and VDB-21283 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Timelineinfo

02/12/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +322 days 🔍
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10/16/2007 +1385 days 🔍
08/28/2014 +2508 days 🔍
09/20/2024 +3676 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1359 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1359
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21282

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X-Force: 11313 - HP-UX stmkfont buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 6836

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

Created: 08/28/2014 17:58
Updated: 09/20/2024 18:25
Changes: 08/28/2014 17:58 (51), 06/16/2018 10:13 (6), 09/20/2024 18:25 (18)
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