Deserialization of untrusted data in HPE Operations Orchestration - CVE-2017-8994

 

Deserialization of untrusted data in HPE Operations Orchestration - CVE-2017-8994

Published: September 6, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8120
CSH Severity: Low
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-2017-8994
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists within the central-remoting servlet due to improper validation of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trigger deserialization of untrusted data and execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

HPE Operations Orchestration

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8994

Update to version 10.80.


External References

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