HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account Code Execution Vulnerability

January 31st, 2011
ZDI-11-034 ZDI-CAN-606

CVE ID

CVE-2011-0276

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard

Affected Products

OpenView Performance Insight

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard OpenView Performance Insight Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific vulnerability is due to a hidden account present within the com.trinagy.security.XMLUserManager Java class. Using this account a malicious user can access the com.trinagy.servlet.HelpManagerServlet class. This is defined within the piweb.jar file installed with Performance Insight. This class exposes a doPost() method which an attacker can use to upload malicious files to the server. Accessing these files can then lead to arbitrary code execution under the context of the SYSTEM user.

Additional Details

Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02695453

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2009-10-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-01-31 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security (www.harmonysecurity.com)

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