Vulnerability Name:

CCN-16464

Published:2004-06-18
Updated:2004-06-18
Summary:HP-UX is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the xfs utility, caused by improper bounds checking of user-supplied input. A local attacker could supply a long argument to the -port command line option to overflow a buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the group 'bin'.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: SA11893
HP-UX xfs Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1010529
HP-UX Xfs Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1010759
HP-UX Unspecified Flaw in Xfs and stmkfont May Grant Access to Remote Users

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 7127
HP-UX xfs -port Argument Local Overflow

Source: CCN
Type: BID-10551
HP-UX Local X Font Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: XFOCUS Web site
x_hpux_xfs.pl

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
hp-xfs-bo(16464)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    hp hp-ux 11.00