CVE-2003-0834 (GCVE-0-2003-0834)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-11-06 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Buffer overflow in CDE libDtHelp library allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a modified DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable and the Help feature, (2) DTSEARCHPATH, or (3) LOGNAME.
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