HP Mercury Performance Center Agent 8.0 magentproc.exe stack-based overflow

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
9.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in HP Mercury Performance Center Agent 8.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library mchan.dll of the file magentproc.exe. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-0446. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Mercury Performance Center Agent 8.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library mchan.dll of the file magentproc.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in magentproc.exe for Hewlett-Packard Mercury LoadRunner Agent 8.0 and 8.1, Performance Center Agent 8.0 and 8.1, and Monitor over Firewall 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a long server_ip_name field to TCP port 54345, which triggers the overflow in mchan.dll.

The bug was discovered 02/08/2007. The weakness was presented 02/08/2007 by Eric Detoisien as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0446 since 01/23/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

The exploit is available at saintcorporation.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24327 (Mercury LoadRunner Agent server_ip_name Field Remote Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10187. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4793.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32390), Tenable (24327), SecurityFocus (BID 22487†), OSVDB (33132†) and Secunia (SA24112†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 24327
Nessus Name: Mercury LoadRunner Agent server_ip_name Field Remote Buffer Overflow
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_mercury_mchan
Saint Name: HP Mercury LoadRunner mchan.dll buffer overflow

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 10187
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/23/2007 🔍
02/08/2007 +16 days 🔍
02/08/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/09/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/09/2007 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2007 +3 days 🔍
02/18/2007 +5 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2945 days 🔍
01/12/2025 +3593 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Eric Detoisien
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0446 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34928
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 32390
SecurityFocus: 22487 - Multiple Mercury Products Magnetproc.EXE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24112 - HP Mercury Products Long "server_ip_name" Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 33132 - HP Mercury Multiple Products mchan.dll server_ip_name Field Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017611
Vulnerability Center: 14309 - HP Mercury LoadRunner and Other Products Remote Code Execution with Current User Privileges, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0535

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/12/2025 17:14
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (83), 07/14/2019 17:09 (9), 01/12/2025 17:14 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:84B:103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!