HP ThinPro up to 8.1 SP7 System Management Application unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HP ThinPro up to 8.1 SP7. Impacted is an unknown function of the component System Management Application. Executing a manipulation can lead to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43017. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HP ThinPro up to 8.1 SP7. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component System Management Application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

HP ThinPro 8.1 System management application failed to verify user's true id. HP has released HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8, which includes updates to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

The advisory is available at support.hp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43017 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 01/22/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 8.1 SP8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-36557). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ThinPro 8.1 SP8

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
10/28/2025 +195 days Advisory disclosed
10/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/22/2026 +86 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43017 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330346
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2025 22:43
Updated: 01/22/2026 01:19
Changes: 10/28/2025 22:43 (65), 10/29/2025 03:27 (1), 01/22/2026 01:19 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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