HP Power Manager Login Form memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HP Power Manager. This impacts an unknown function of the component Login Form. This manipulation of the argument Login causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2685. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HP Power Manager (the affected version is unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Login Form. The manipulation of the argument Login with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the login form in the management web server in HP Power Manager allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Login variable.

The weakness was shared 11/04/2009 by Janek Vind (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2685. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/15/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44109 (HP Power Manager < 4.2.10), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8314.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (44109), SecurityFocus (BID 36933†), OSVDB (59684†), Secunia (SA37276†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023140†). The entries VDB-51629 and VDB-51628 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 44109
Nessus Name: HP Power Manager < 4.2.10
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OpenVAS ID: 100346
OpenVAS Name: HP Power Manager Management Web Server Login Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_power_manager_login
Saint Name: HP Power Manager Remote Code Execution

MetaSploit ID: hp_power_manager_login.rb
MetaSploit Name: Hewlett-Packard Power Manager Administration Buffer Overflow
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Suricata ID: 2010699
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Janek Vind
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2685 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2685
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50719
SecurityFocus: 36933 - HP Power Manager Management Web Server Login Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 37276
OSVDB: 59684 - HP Power Manager Web Server URL Parameter Handling Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1023140
Vulnerability Center: 24672 - HP Power Manager Prior to 4.2.10 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via the Login Variable, Critical

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/15/2025 15:25
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (78), 02/20/2017 10:10 (11), 08/27/2021 08:51 (2), 08/27/2021 08:56 (2), 12/29/2024 01:49 (19), 05/15/2025 15:25 (2)
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