Remote code execution in Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance - CVE-2017-8975

 

Remote code execution in Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance - CVE-2017-8975

Published: February 2, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10357
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8975
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: HPE
Affected software:
Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8975

Update to version 1.22.

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