CVE-2003-0089

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Software Distributor utilities for HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LANG environment variable to setuid programs such as (1) swinstall and (2) swmodify.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00, 11.11

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0038.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106873965001431&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13623
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5466
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0038.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106873965001431&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13623
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5466

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