CVE-2003-1358 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute malicious programs with root rights.
- 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-2003-1358?
CVE-2003-1358 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 17 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rs.F300 for HP-UX 10.0 through 11.22 uses the PATH environment variable to find and execute programs such as rm while operating at raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the path to point to a malicious rm program.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1358?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1358?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1358 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-1358 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1358 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fr78-grw8-43p6.