Vulnerability in HP Application Lifestyle Management
CVE-2011-4834
The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- 0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.html (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/47040 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-4834?
- CVE-2011-4834 is a vulnerability in HP Application Lifestyle Management, classified under CWE-264. Published 2011-12-15.
- Is CVE-2011-4834 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.