CVE-2008-1660 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in useradd on HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to access arbitrary files and directories via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-05-21

Score: 6.3 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.31:::::::*

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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-2008-1661	Unspecified vulnerability in useradd on HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 allows local users to access arbitrary files and directories via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121130252706976&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30308
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020045
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29286
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1570
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42523
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5558

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.352Z

Reserved: 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1660

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-21T13:24:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-1660

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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