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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY

A local attacker can use a vulnerability of HP-UX Containers or
HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions, in order to elevate his
privileges.

Severity: 2/4

Creation date: 27/10/2011

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

– HP-UX

DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY

The HP-UX Containers, formerly HP-UX SRP (Secure Resource
Partitions), feature is used to separate processes.

A local attacker can use a vulnerability of HP-UX Containers or
SRP, in order to elevate his privileges. This vulnerability can be
exploited when the patch PHKL_42310 is installed.

Technical details are unknown.

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http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/HP-UX-Containers-privilege-elevation-11102