HP-UX Password File Corruption Vulnerability

BID:4582

Info

HP-UX Password File Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4582
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0577
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 24 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:46PM
Credit: Published in HP security bulletin HPSBUX0204-191.
Vulnerable: HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0 4
HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP-UX Password File Corruption Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported in some versions of HP-UX.

A user may be able to corrupt password files using the passwd(1) command. Any user which then attempts to authenticate could be denied access to the host.

Under some circumstances, this may result in a denial of service condition.

No further details are currently available.

Exploit / POC

HP-UX Password File Corruption Vulnerability

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