CVE-2007-0394 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HP HP-UX B11.11 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

Published: 2007-01-19

Score: 4.6 Medium

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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-2007-0396	HP HP-UX B11.11 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00097.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457279/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457315/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-19T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:19:30.211Z

Reserved: 2007-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0394

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-19T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0394

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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