CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0089

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Software Distributor utilities for HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LANG environment variable to setuid programs such as swinstall and swmodify.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized system access and execution of malicious code by local users, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to setuid programs and monitor environment variables to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the Software Distributor utilities for HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LANG environment variable to setuid programs such as (1) swinstall and (2) swmodify.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS