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CVE-2003-1461

• 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: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce the problem on a system that had been patched for an lp vulnerability (CVE-2002-1473).

Affected products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3283
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320323
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11919
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4897
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3283
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320323
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11919
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4897

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