CVE-2003-0061 — Buffer overflow in passwd for HP UX B.10.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a long LANG environment variable

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HIGH

Buffer overflow in passwd for HP UX B.10.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a long LANG environment variable

Published Apr 15, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.57%

Description

Buffer overflow in passwd for HP UX B.10.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a long LANG environment variable.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.57% 0.00574

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00574

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.57% (0.00574)	45.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.57% (0.00574)	42.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00071)	19.23th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=87&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=87&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 15, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Feb 3, 2003

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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