CVE-2001-1256

N/A Unknown

Published: June 11, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml