HP Operations Manager Servlet Container manager credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HP Operations Manager. The affected element is an unknown function of the file manager of the component Servlet Container. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-4189. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in HP Operations Manager (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file manager of the component Servlet Container. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HP Operations Manager has a default password of OvW*busr1 for the ovwebusr account, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a session that uses the manager role to conduct unrestricted file upload attacks against the /manager servlet in the Tomcat servlet container. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-3099 and CVE-2009-3843.

The weakness was presented 12/03/2009 with Intevydis (Website). The advisory is shared at intevydis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4189. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/02/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86857 (Apache Tomcat Web Application Manager Accessible Using Default Credentials).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54602), Exploit-DB (16317), SecurityFocus (BID 36253†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29943†). See VDB-51767, VDB-50802, VDB-49861 and VDB-55250 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: tomcat_mgr_login.rb
MetaSploit Name: Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: intevydis.com
Organization: Intevydis
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51013
X-Force: 54602
SecurityFocus: 36253 - HP Operations Manager Default Manager Account Remote Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 29943 - HP Operations Manager 8.1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/02/2025 06:27
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (55), 03/16/2017 16:06 (9), 08/28/2021 10:33 (3), 01/02/2025 06:27 (22)
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