High severity · published Feb 7, 2018
CVE-2017-17482
An issue was discovered in OpenVMS through V8.4-2L2 on Alpha and through V8.4-2L1 on IA64, and VAX/VMS 4.0 and later
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenVMS through V8.4-2L2 on Alpha and through V8.4-2L1 on IA64, and VAX/VMS 4.0 and later. A malformed DCL command table may result in a buffer overflow allowing a local privilege escalation when a non-privileged account enters a crafted command line. This bug is exploitable on VAX and Alpha and may cause a process crash on IA64. Software was affected regardless of whether it was directly shipped by VMS Software, Inc. (VSI), HPE, HP, Compaq, or Digital Equipment Corporation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openvms · HP
through 8.4-2l1; through 8.4-2l1; 4.0 and later; 4.0 and later · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17482
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openvms.org/node/121
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/comp.os.vms/BYIUQ0lJ-s0
Third Party Advisory
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/
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