CVE-2014-7879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31, when the PAM configuration includes libpam_updbe, allows remote authenticated users to bypass authentication, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-12-10

Score: 8.5 High

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:b.11.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:b.11.23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:b.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-2014-7729	HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31, when the PAM configuration includes libpam_updbe, allows remote authenticated users to bypass authentication, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00421.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04511778

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hp

Published: 2014-12-10T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:27.286Z

Reserved: 2014-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7879

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-10T21:59:13.320

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-7879

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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