Man-in-the-middle attack in HPE Systems Insight Manager

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU241

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2118

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the acceptance of inadequate authentication levels by the Microsoft Security Account Manager (SAM) and Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) (LSAD) remote protocols. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges on the system by using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate an authenticated user against the SAMR or LSAD service and gain access to the Security Account Manager (SAM) database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosere of sytem information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HP Systems Insight Manager: All versions

External links

http://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05166182

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.