HP-UX 11.00/11.4/11.11 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HP-UX 11.00/11.4/11.11. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0436. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP-UX 11.00/11.4/11.11 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, and B.11.11 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/25/2006. The weakness was disclosed 01/26/2006 with NCC Group (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www2.itrc.hp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0436 since 01/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20830 (HP-UX PHCO_30402 : HP-UX Local Increased Privilege (HPSBUX02091 SSRT061099 rev.2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24318), Tenable (20830), SecurityFocus (BID 20718†), OSVDB (22745†) and Secunia (SA18600†). The entry VDB-32989 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20830
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHCO_30402 : HP-UX Local Increased Privilege (HPSBUX02091 SSRT061099 rev.2)
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: www2.itrc.hp.com
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0436 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28487

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X-Force: 24318
SecurityFocus: 20718 - HP-UX LibC TZ Environment Variable Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18600
OSVDB: 22745 - CVE-2006-0436 - Apple - Mac OS X - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015530
Vulnerability Center: 21569 - HP HP-UX B.11.00/B.11.04/B.11.11 LibC TZ Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-0322

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

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 09/01/2019 16:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (78), 09/01/2019 16:08 (5)
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