Advisory Details

October 3rd, 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center mibFileServlet Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-12554
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Intelligent Management Center
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files on vulnerable installations of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the mibFileServlet servlet, which listens on TCP ports 8080 and 8443 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03782en_us
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-05-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-10-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Offensive Security

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