01 Record
CVE-2003-1461
Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce the problem on a system that had been patched
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce the problem on a system that had been patched
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-23 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e47b72bdb6157d6ff2f210329258eea698cff15d5e752006625ee9fd52364dd0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com7489http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7489
- www.securityfocus.com20030503 rwrite buffer overflow in hp-uxhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320371
- www.securityfocus.com20030502 HP-UX 11.0 /usr/lbin/rwritehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320323
- securityreason.com3283http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3283
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:4897https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4897
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhp-rwrite-bo(11919)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11919