HP-UX Login Restricted Shell Escaping Vulnerability

BID:3068

Info

HP-UX Login Restricted Shell Escaping Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3068
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 17 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 17 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was first announced in an HP Security Bulletin on July 17, 2001.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0.4
HP HP-UX (VVOS) 10.24
HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0
HP HP-UX 10.26
HP HP-UX 10.20
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX Login Restricted Shell Escaping Vulnerability

HP-UX is a the Unix Operating System variant distributed and maintained by Hewlett-Packard.

A problem has been discovered that can allow local users to escape restricted shells. A local user may exploit a hole in login that allows them to escape the restricted environment, traverse the local filesystem, and execute programs on the system at will. Escape of the restricted shell results in access equal to the user's UID (unprivileged).

Solution / Fix

HP-UX Login Restricted Shell Escaping Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches available:


HP HP-UX 10.20

HP HP-UX (VVOS) 10.24

HP HP-UX 10.26

HP HP-UX 11.0

HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0.4

HP HP-UX 11.11

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