THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1668
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1668

Hp Ux vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
ftpd.c in (1) wu-ftpd 2.4.2 and (2) ftpd in HP HP-UX B.11.11 assigns uid 0 to the FTP client in certain operating-system misconfigurations in which PAM authentication can succeed even though no passwd entry is available for a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by a login attempt for an LDAP account when nsswitch.conf does not specify LDAP for passwd information.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Hp Ux
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-08-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1668

  • Confirm whether Hp Hp Ux is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1668.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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