HPE Windows Firmware Installer information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HPE Windows Firmware Installer. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-7112. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HPE Windows Firmware Installer (Firmware Software) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2018. The weakness was released 10/25/2018 as HPESBHF03869 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-7112 since 02/15/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

The HPE-provided Windows firmware installer for certain Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers allows local disclosure of privileged information.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1041984†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Vendor Base Score (HPE): 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/15/2018 🔍
10/25/2018 +251 days 🔍
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10/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +3 days 🔍
12/03/2018 +35 days 🔍
06/03/2023 +1643 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: HPESBHF03869
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-7112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126011
SecurityTracker: 1041984

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2018 08:29
Updated: 06/03/2023 09:48
Changes: 10/29/2018 08:29 (77), 04/07/2020 06:25 (3), 06/03/2023 09:48 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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