Hewlett-Packard Intelligent Management Center mibFileUpload Servlet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

March 22nd, 2013
ZDI-13-050 ZDI-CAN-1611

CVE ID

CVE-2012-5201

CVSS Score

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

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard

Affected Products

Intelligent Management Center

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard Intelligent Management Center. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the mibFileUpload servlet. Authentication is not required to access this servlet, which allows a file to be written to the server. By abusing this behavior an attacker can place a file and leverage the situation to achieve remote code execution as the SYSTEM user.

Additional Details

Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03689276

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2012-11-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-03-22 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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