CVE-2004-2693

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11 with B6848AB GTK+ Support Libraries installed uses insecure directory permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges via files in /opt/gnome/src/GLib/.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00, 11.04, 11.11

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108455531606056&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11615
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/mozilla/HPSBUX01034.html
http://www.osvdb.org/6120
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6105
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108455531606056&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11615
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/mozilla/HPSBUX01034.html
http://www.osvdb.org/6120
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6105

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