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Title: HP-UX ENVD Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: HIGH

Description:

envd(1M) is a daemon that allows a computer to respond to environmental conditions detected by hardware.

HP-UX envd is reported prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The cause of this issue was not specified.

Reports indicate that this vulnerability can be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code and potentially gain elevated privileges.

Due to a lack of details, further information cannot be provided at the moment. This BID will be updated when more details become available.

Affected Products:

  • HP HP-UX B.11.00
  • HP HP-UX B.11.11

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