HP System Management Homepage up to 2.1.7 System management privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in HP System Management Homepage up to 2.1.7. This impacts an unknown function of the component System management. The manipulation results in privilege escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-3260. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HP System Management Homepage up to 2.1.7 (Network Management Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component System management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

HP System Management Homepage (SMH) before 2.1.9 for Linux, when used with Novell eDirectory, assigns the eDirectory members to the root group, which allows remote authenticated eDirectory users to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2007. The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at h20000.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3260 since 06/19/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87252 (HP System Management Homepage Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (HPSBMA02224)).

Upgrading to version 2.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34900), SecurityFocus (BID 24486†), OSVDB (37513†), Secunia (SA25689†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018256†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: System Management Homepage 2.1.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20000.www2.hp.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37332
X-Force: 34900
SecurityFocus: 24486 - HP System Management Homepage Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 25689 - HP System Management Homepage Root Novell eDirectory Member Security Issue, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 37513 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) on Linux w/ Novell eDirectory Remote Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1018256
Vulnerability Center: 16996 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) with Novell eDirectory Allows Privileges Elevation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2232

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/08/2025 05:39
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (71), 08/01/2019 09:19 (1), 06/08/2025 05:39 (18)
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