HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

BID:20726

Info

HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20726
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-2574
CVE-2006-5558
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 24 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 09:38PM
Credit: NCC Group is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
HP HP-UX B.11.04
HP HP-UX B.11.00
Avaya Predictive Dialer 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

HP-UX is prone to a local format-string vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in the format-specifier argument of a formatted-printing function.

A local attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application. Since the application executes by default with superuser privileges, successfully exploiting this issue will result in a computer compromise.

This issue was originally disclosed as part of BID 18098 (HP-UX Software Distributor Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability), but has been assigned a separate record because of new information.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released security advisory HPSBUX02114 (SSRT061115 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Software Distributor Local Elevation of Privilege) to address this issue.


HP HP-UX B.11.11

HP HP-UX B.11.23

HP HP-UX B.11.04

HP HP-UX B.11.00

References

HP-UX Software Distributor SWAsk Local Format String Vulnerability

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