Privilege escalation in HPE iMC PLAT - CVE-2017-8984

 

Privilege escalation in HPE iMC PLAT - CVE-2017-8984

Published: January 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10320
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8984
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT due to unspecified flaws. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands, write or delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM or root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

HPE iMC PLAT

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8984

Update to version 7.3 E0506P07.


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