CVE-2003-1461 Detail

CVE-2003-1461

CVE Descriptions

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).

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	7.2		AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected]

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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EPSS Percentile

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 22561

Publication date : 2003-05-01 22h00 +00:00
Author : [email protected]
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489/info HP-UX rwrite utility has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Although unconfirmed code execution with elevated privileges may be possible. The condition presents itself when excessive data is supplied as part of an argument passed to the vulnerable utility. Due to the lack of bounds checking, the vulnerable utility will crash. The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated, as further information is available. $ /usr/lbin/rwrite something `perl -e 'print "A" x 14628'` something