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High
CVE-2001-0979
Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
hp-ux
Vulnerable Versions:
10.01, 10.10, 10.20, 11.00
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 2nd, 2002
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.