Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 15, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-4834

Description

The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.

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Affected products

Microfocus/Application LifeCycle Management
cpe:2.3:a:hp:application_lifestyle_management:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

0a29.blogspot.com/2011/12/0a29-11-2-privilege-escalation.htmlnvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/47040nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520783/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71698nvd

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