Hewlett-Packard Universal CMDB Default Credentials Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

July 9th, 2014
ZDI-14-230 ZDI-CAN-2104

CVE ID

CVE-2014-2617

CVSS Score

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

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard

Affected Products

Universal CMDB

Vulnerability Details


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

The specific flaw exists within the default configuration of Hewlett-Packard Universal CMDB. The configuration contains hard-coded credentials. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to upload malicious applications that can then be used to execute code under the context of SYSTEM.

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-c04357076

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2014-03-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-07-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Ziad Badawi

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