CVE-2011-0923

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 81.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The client in HP Data Protector does not properly validate EXEC_CMD arguments, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted command, related to the "local bin directory."

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Protector: all versions

References

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130391284726795&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8261
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8323
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8329
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46234
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0308
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-055/
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130391284726795&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8261
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8323

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