HP ThinPro up to 6.1 Keyboard Layout Control Panel access control
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in HP ThinPro up to 6.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Keyboard Layout Control Panel/Virtual Keyboard Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
HP ThinPro 4.4 through 6.1 mishandles the keyboard layout control panel and virtual keyboard application, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
The bug was discovered 10/25/2016. The weakness was released 12/29/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at h20564.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2246 since 02/08/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/21/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 65 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Not Affected
- HP ThinPro up to 4.3
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/08/2016 🔍09/27/2016 🔍
10/25/2016 🔍
12/29/2016 🔍
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07/21/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: hp.comAdvisory: h20564.www2.hp.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-2246 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93904 - HP ThinPro CVE-2016-2246 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 12/29/2016 17:19Updated: 07/21/2019 17:07
Changes: 12/29/2016 17:19 (58), 07/21/2019 17:07 (4)
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