Advisory Details

April 27th, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Protector EXEC_SCRIPT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-247
ZDI-CAN-3354

CVE ID CVE-2016-2007
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Data Protector
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Protector. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within OmniInet.exe which listens by default on TCP port 5555. When parsing a malformed EXEC_SCRIPT request, 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 SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS Hewlett Packard Enterprise has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c05085988
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2015-12-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-04-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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