VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-7879

high
Published 2014-12-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
8.5
VIR risk
8.5

Description

HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31, when the PAM configuration includes libpam_updbe, allows remote authenticated users to bypass authentication, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: hp-security-alert@hp.com — https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04511778

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.