CVE-2001-1256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 1.2 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1237	kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00519.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:08.422Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1256

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1256

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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