CVE-2002-2263
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe installation program for HP-UX Visualize Conference B.11.00.11 running on HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11 installs /etc/dt and its subdirecties with insecure permissions, which allows local users to read or write arbitrary files.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe HP-UX Visualize Conference B.11.00.11 installer creates /etc/dt and its subdirectories with insecure permissions (likely world-writable or inappropriately permissive), allowing any local user to read or modify arbitrary files on the system through these directories.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= b.11.00.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- None
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if HP Visualize Conference is installedUse the swlist command to query installed HP software: swlist -l product | grep -i visualizeAffected if HP Visualize Conference Ftp version B.11.00.11 is present
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Verify the exact version of HP Visualize ConferenceRun swlist -l product VisualizeConference or swlist VisualizeConferenceAffected if The installed version equals B.11.00.11 exactly
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Inspect permissions on /etc/dt directoryRun ls -la /etc/dt to list directory permissions and ownershipAffected if The /etc/dt directory has world-writable permissions (mode 777) or other overly permissive settings such as group-writable with weak group ownership
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Inspect permissions on /etc/dt subdirectoriesRun ls -laR /etc/dt to recursively list all subdirectories and their permissionsAffected if Any subdirectory under /etc/dt has world-writable permissions or inappropriate ownership allowing non-privileged access
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Verify if /etc/dt directory is owned by rootCheck the owner of /etc/dt using stat /etc/dt or ls -ld /etc/dtAffected if The directory is not owned by root or is owned by an untrusted user
A system is affected if HP Visualize Conference Ftp B.11.00.11 is installed AND /etc/dt or its subdirectories have overly permissive permissions allowing non-root users to write or modify files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataChange ownership and permissions on /etc/dt and subdirectories to restrictive settings (e.g., chown root:sys /etc/dt; chmod 755 /etc/dt and subdirectories), and audit other system directories for similar permission issues.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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