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CVE-2017-17482 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/comp.os.vms/BYIUQ0lJ-s0	CVE
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openvms.org/node/121	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/comp.os.vms/BYIUQ0lJ-s0	[email protected]
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openvms.org/node/121	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
hp openvms	<= 8.4-2l1 >= 4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:::::alpha:::* cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:::::ia64:::* cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:::::vax:::* cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:::::vms:::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 2, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]