Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux
CVE-2005-3277
The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.217 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.194 · newest: 0.217 · change: +0.022
Affected products
- HP Hp-Ux — versions 10.20, 11.00, 11.11
References
- www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051019.hpux_lpd_exec.pm.php (Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0064.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15136 (Exploit, vdb-entry)