Advisory Details

April 9th, 2013

Hewlett-Packard Intelligent Management Center RssServlet Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-5207
CVSS SCORE	9.4, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Intelligent Management Center
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12866']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information on vulnerable installations of HP Intelligent Management Center. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the RssServlet servlet. This servlet suffers from a XML external entity injection vulnerability which allows any file readable by SYSTEM to be disclosed. By abusing this behavior an attacker can disclose administrative credentials and possibly leverage this situation to achieve remote code execution.
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-c03689276
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2012-11-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-04-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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