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A very old flaw in HP Apollo Domain/OS (versions sr10.2 and sr10.3 beta) allowed users of the system to gain access they should not have had through a helper program tied to the Korn Shell. The issue is historical and affects a workstation platform HP retired decades ago, so it is only relevant to organizations still running legacy Apollo systems. Exposure is limited to organizations still operating HP Apollo Domain/OS workstations at sr10.2 or sr10.3 beta. Apollo Domain/OS was discontinued in the 1990s, so modern enterprise fleets are effectively unaffected. Any surviving deployment would likely be an isolated lab, historical archive, or industrial-control legacy host. Very low priority for modern environments. Only act if the organization still runs HP Apollo Domain/OS hardware from the early 1990s; otherwise treat as historical record with no operational impact. Mitigation focus: Inventory any surviving HP Apollo Domain/OS hosts and confirm whether they run sr10.2 or sr10.3 beta.; Consult the original CERT CA-1990-04 and CIAC A-30 advisories for vendor-era guidance on /etc/suid_exec.; Isolate legacy Apollo systems on segmented networks with strict access controls..
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