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CVE-2003-1496: HP Tru64: Privilege escalation

CVE-2003-1496 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects HP Tru64. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in CDE dtmailpr of HP Tru64 4.0F through 5.1B allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: due to lack of details in the vendor advisory, it is not clear whether this is the same issue as CVE-1999-0840.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

• HP Tru64: 4.0f; 4.0f_pk6_bl17; 4.0f_pk7_bl18; 4.0f_pk8_bl22; 4.0g; 4.0g_pk3_bl17; 4.0g_pk4_bl22; 5.1; 5.1_pk3_bl17; 5.1_pk4_bl18; 5.1_pk5_bl19; 5.1_pk6_bl20

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/9990
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5973
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8813
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13418