Advisory Details

January 5th, 2012

HP OpenView NNM webappmon.exe parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2011-3166
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	OpenView Network Node Manager
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11943']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of OpenView Network Node Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within webappmon.exe CGI program. When processing crafted parameters, there exists an insufficient boundary check before supplying a format string with the values, causing a stack overflow. This can lead to memory corruption which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the target service.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03054052
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-05-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-01-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Aniway (Aniway.Anyway@gmail.com)

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