CVE-2003-1099 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

shar on HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, and B.11.11 creates temporary files with predictable names in /tmp, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

Published: 2005-03-11

Score: 2.1 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-2003-1089	shar on HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, and B.11.11 creates temporary files with predictable names in /tmp, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/10339
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-032.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/509454
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-5VFQA3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13882
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5788

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-11T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.993Z

Reserved: 2005-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1099

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1099

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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