CVE-2011-4834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.

Published: 2011-12-15

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:hp:application_lifestyle_management:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos::::::::

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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-2011-4752	The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.

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 0.01165.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47040
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Hp Application Lifestyle Management Hp-ux

Ibm Aix

Sun Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-12-15T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:16:34.955Z

Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4834

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-15T03:57:35.120

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4834

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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