Advisory Details

January 25th, 2018

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center UrlAccessController Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-8982
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Intelligent Management Center
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['25496']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center Smart Connect with Wireless Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UrlAccessController servlet. The issue results from the lack of proper filtering of URLs. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03809en_us
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-08-15 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-01-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-01-25 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Offensive Security

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