CVE-2007-0394: HP HP-Ux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

HP HP-UX B11.11 does not properly verify the status of file descriptors before setuid execution, which allows local users to gain privileges by closing file descriptor 0, 1, or 2 and then invoking a setuid program, a variant of CVE-2002-0572.

Affected products

• HP HP-Ux: version 11.11 only

Published 2007-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.