# CVE-2008-4413: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain unauthorized access and escalate privileges on HP-UX systems via HP System Management Homepage due to insecure temporary file permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Nov 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rrfw-86c6-j799

## What is CVE-2008-4413?

CVE-2008-4413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hp System Management Homepage, published on 4 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) 2.2.6 and earlier on HP-UX B.11.11 and B.11.23, and SMH 2.2.6 and 2.2.8 and earlier on HP-UX B.11.23 and B.11.31, allows local users to gain "unauthorized access" via unknown vectors, possibly related to temporary file permissions.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4413?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp System Management Homepage.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4413?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4413 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-4413 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hp System Management Homepage

- [CVE-2012-2012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2012/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1541](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1541/): Unspecified vulnerability in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) before 6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-1995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1995/): HPE System Management Homepage before 7.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-3576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3576/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2012-2014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2014/): Other in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4413 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-4413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hp System Management Homepage, published on 4 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hp System Management Homepage. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4413/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4413/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4413
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4413
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4413

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4413/
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