Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0979 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in HP HP-UX SWVerify

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
hp
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2001-09-03
Updated: 2017-12-19

Summary

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
4

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionHP-UX 11.0 SWVerify Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2001-0979 . Local exploit for hp-ux platform
    idEDB-ID:21098
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified2001-09-03
    published2001-09-03
    reporterfoo
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21098/
    titleHP-UX 11.0 SWVerify Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • descriptionHP-UX 11.0/11.11 swxxx Local Root Shell Exploit. CVE-2001-0979. Local exploit for hp-ux platform
    idEDB-ID:482
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2002-12-11
    published2002-12-11
    reporterwatercloud
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/482/
    titleHP-UX 11.0/11.11 swxxx - Local Root Shell Exploit

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