Directory traversal in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-8961

 

Directory traversal in HP Intelligent Management Center - CVE-2017-8961

Published: October 31, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9015
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8961
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists in HPE Intelligent Management Center due to a directory traversal flaw in flexFileUpload. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

HP Intelligent Management Center

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8961

Update to version 7.3 E0506P03.


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