CVE-2003-0834

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2003-q4/0047.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57414
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=134&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575804Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8973Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5141

Timeline

Published: Dec 1, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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