CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3277

10.0 HIGH Published 2005-10-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• hp hp-ux 10.20 • hp hp-ux 11.00 • hp hp-ux 11.11

References