CVE-2001-1256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0034.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hp	Hp-ux

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1237	kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:08.422Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-1256

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-06-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1256

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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