Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center UrlAccessController Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

January 29th, 2020
ZDI-19-1038 ZDI-CAN-8943

CVE ID

CVE-2020-24629

CVSS Score

9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Affected Products

Intelligent Management Center

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center.

The specific flaw exists within the UrlAccessController servlet. The issue results from the lack of proper filtering of URLs. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

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=a00093539en_us

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2019-08-09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2020-01-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2021-03-02 - Advisory Updated

Credit

Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite

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