VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-1461
Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce the problem on a system that had been patched for an lp vulnerability (CVE-2002-1473).
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320323Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320371Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11919
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4897
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320323Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320371Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11919
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4897
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.