Advisory Details

August 24th, 2015

Hewlett-Packard KeyView IDOL HTML Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5423
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	KeyView IDOL
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard KeyView IDOL. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the handling of HTML files. It is possible to trigger a buffer overflow handling table data within an HTML file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04771027
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-05-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-08-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	ASD - Vulnerability Research

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