CVE-2011-0924

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The client in HP Data Protector does not verify the contents of files associated with the EXEC_CMD command, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script code by providing this code with a trusted filename, as demonstrated by omni_chk_ds.sh.

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://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516258/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46234
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0308
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-054/
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130391284726795&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516258/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46234
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0308
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-054/

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