CVE-2003-1099

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

shar on HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, and B.11.11 creates temporary files with predictable names in /tmp, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/10339
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-032.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/509454
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-5VFQA3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13882
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5788
http://secunia.com/advisories/10339
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-032.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/509454
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-5VFQA3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9141

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