CVE-2005-3277

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 10.20, 11.00, 11.11

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0064.html
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051019.hpux_lpd_exec.pm.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15136
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0064.html
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051019.hpux_lpd_exec.pm.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15136

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