CVE-2011-0923

Exp

The client in HP Data Protector does not properly validate EXEC_CMD arguments, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted command, related to the "local bin directory."

Published: 2011-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-0923 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 89.89%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-0923

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27400 exploit_db edb 2013-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗
18521 exploit_db edb 2012-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
17648 exploit_db edb 2011-08-10 Exploit-DB ↗
17614 exploit_db edb 2011-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
17339 exploit_db edb 2011-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-0923

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-19 89.83% 89.89% +0.06%
2 2025-03-17 96.83% 89.83% -7.00%
3 2025-02-11 96.83%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-0923

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-0923

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-0923

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp data_protector cpe:2.3:a:hp:data_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-0923

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