High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17482
CVE-2017-17482
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenVMS through V8.4-2L2 on Alpha and through V8.4-2L1 on IA64, and VAX/VMS 4.0 and later. A malformed DCL command table may result in a buffer overflow allowing a local privilege escalation when a non-privileged account enters a crafted command line. This bug is exploitable on VAX and Alpha and may cause a process crash on IA64. Software was affected regardless of whether it was directly shipped by VMS Software, Inc. (VSI), HPE, HP, Compaq, or Digital Equipment Corporation.
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References
3- www.openvms.org/node/121nvdVendor Advisory
- www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/nvdThird Party Advisory
- groups.google.com/forum/nvd
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