Hewlett-Packard Application Lifecycle Manager DLL Planting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

August 12th, 2014
ZDI-14-279 ZDI-CAN-2138

CVE ID

CVE-2014-2631

CVSS Score

6.8 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard

Affected Products

Application Lifecycle Management

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard's Application Lifecycle Management. This vulnerability requires the attacker to have an unprivileged account on the Application Lifecycle Management System.

The specific flaw exists within the ACLs on a specific installed directory. Because this directory allows any user to create a file, an unprivileged attacker can place a malicious DLL on the system. When the Application Lifecycle Management is restarted, it will execute the provided file in the context of NT Authority\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-c04394553

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2014-02-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-08-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Dave Weinstein
HP Zero Day Initiative

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