Improper input validation in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-12555

 

Improper input validation in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-12555

Published: October 4, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8680
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12555
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Affected software:
HP Intelligent Management Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to input validation error in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) Service Operation Management (SOM). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to read arbitrary data or download arbitrary files.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12555

Update to version 7.3 E0501P01.

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