HP HP-UX 11.11 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX 11.11. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1689. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP HP-UX 11.11 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 su in HP HP-UX B.11.11, when using the LDAP netgroup feature, allows local users to gain unspecified access.

The bug was discovered 04/06/2006. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at itrc.hp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1689 since 04/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21549 (HP-UX PHCO_34545 : HP-UX su(1) Local Unauthorized Access (HPSBUX02111 SSRT061132 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115351 (HP-UX SU Local Unauthorized Access Vulnerability (HPSBUX02111)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25691), Tenable (21549), SecurityFocus (BID 17400†), OSVDB (24449†) and Secunia (SA19560†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21549
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHCO_34545 : HP-UX su(1) Local Unauthorized Access (HPSBUX02111 SSRT061132 rev.2)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: itrc.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29567

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X-Force: 25691
SecurityFocus: 17400 - HP-UX SU Local Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 19560 - HP-UX Unspecified "su" LDAP Netgroup Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 24449 - HP-UX su w/ LDAP Netgroup Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015874
Vulnerability Center: 11146 - HP-UX User Privilege Elevation via Unspecified Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1272

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/22/2025 05:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (70), 06/16/2019 16:04 (10), 06/22/2025 05:13 (18)
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