VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0834
Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.22% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sco/open unix · sco/unixware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040801-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040801-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.