National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0834
Original release date:12/01/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#575804
Name: VU#575804
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 8973
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 57414
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX0311-297
External Source: SGI
Name: 20040801-01-P
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20040825 CDE libDtHelp LOGNAME Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5141
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5141
Type: Tool Signature
