Advisory Details

February 7th, 2011

(0Day) Hewlett-Packard Data Protector Cell Manager Service Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

ZDI-11-057
ZDI-CAN-417

CVE ID CVE-2011-0921
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Data Protector
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['6799']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute remote code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard Data Protector. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the Cell Manager Service which listens by default on a random TCP port. The crs.exe process fails to properly validate supplied username, domain, and hostname credentials. A remote attacker can leverage this flaw to execute code on all Data Protector clients.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2009-01-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-02-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
BACK TO ADVISORIES