CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0221

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The dupatch and setld utilities in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK1 and earlier allow local users to overwrite files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to the dupatch and setld utilities to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The (1) dupatch and (2) setld utilities in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B PK1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

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