Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0840 - Local Security vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 11.00

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: 2003-11-17
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Hp
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionHP-UX 11 CDE DTPrintInfo Display Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2003-0840. Dos exploit for hp-ux platform
idEDB-ID:23236
last seen2016-02-02
modified2003-10-08
published2003-10-08
reporterDavide Del Vecchio
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/23236/
titleHP-UX 11 CDE DTPrintInfo Display Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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