Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2003-1359 is a local privilege-escalation flaw in HP-UX's stmkfont utility. A user who can log in to an affected HP-UX system may be able to gain higher privileges using an overly long command-line argument. This mainly matters for legacy HP-UX environments and shared systems. Exposure is likely limited to legacy HP-UX 10.0 through 11.22 systems where local users can execute stmkfont. Modern non-HP-UX systems are not implicated by the provided sources. Treat as high priority only if legacy HP-UX remains in use. The issue requires local access, but successful exploitation may turn a low-privilege account into a privileged one on critical legacy infrastructure. Mitigation focus: Review HP advisory HPSBUX0302-241 for official patch or workaround guidance.; Inventory HP-UX 10.0 through 11.22 systems in production and support networks.; Restrict local shell access to affected hosts to trusted administrators only..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- hp-stmkfont-bo(11313)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5587CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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