Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0834

RCE

Title: CDE libDtHelp buffer overflow RCE

RCE, Buffer Overflow

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2003-0834

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 01, 2003
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.63%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0834: 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.

Impacted Vendors

S
sco 2
N
novell 1
C
caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040801-01-P http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040801-01-P http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-0834 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/713
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/714
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.