cve-2011-4834
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-12-15 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:16
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/47040Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47040Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698
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