CVE-2017-17482

HIGH

OpenVMS < 8.4-2L1 - Local Privilege Escalation via Malformed DCL Command Table

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openvms.org/node/121

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
hp/openvms < 8.4-2l1 (2 CPE variants)
hp/openvms 4.0 (2 CPE variants)
Published Feb 07, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026