CVE-2001-0607 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 27 Jul 2001 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit unsafe permissions in the asecure program to gain elevated privileges and cause denial of service on HP-UX systems.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-0607?

CVE-2001-0607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 27 Jul 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

asecure as included with HP-UX 10.01 through 11.00 can allow a local attacker to create a denial of service and gain additional privileges via unsafe permissions on the asecure program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-0083.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0607?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hp Hp-Ux.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0607?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0607 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0607 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0607 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Hp Hp-Ux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x6g9-pg8p-c822.