CVE-2003-0834 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00628.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sco	Open Unix Unixware

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_unix:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0825	Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040801-01-P
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00792}`	epss `{'score': 0.00628}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-11-06T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.580Z

Reserved: 2003-09-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0834

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-12-01T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0834

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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