Advisory Details

June 11th, 2013

Hewlett-Packard Data Protector Cell Manager crs.exe Opcode 259 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-2329
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Data Protector
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10055']. 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 HP Data Protector. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within crs.exe which listens by default on a random TCP port. When parsing opcode 259, the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length stack buffer. A remote attacker can abuse this to execute remote code under the context of the SYSTEM user.
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-c03781657
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2012-12-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-06-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	e6af8de8b1d4b2b6d5ba2610cbf9cd38

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