Vulnerability CVE-2011-4834
Published: 2011-12-14   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
HP -> Application lifestyle management 

 References:
http://0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698
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