HP OpenView Performance Insight 5.31 doPost memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HP OpenView Performance Insight 5.31. The impacted element is the function doPost of the component HP OpenView. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-0276. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in HP OpenView Performance Insight 5.31 (Network Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is the function doPost of the component HP OpenView. The manipulation 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:

HP OpenView Performance Insight Server 5.2, 5.3, 5.31, 5.4, and 5.41 contains a "hidden account" in the com.trinagy.security.XMLUserManager Java class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the doPost method in the com.trinagy.servlet.HelpManagerServlet class.

The weakness was published 01/31/2011. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0276. 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 exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025).

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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51850 (HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9256.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65038), Tenable (51850), SecurityFocus (BID 46079†), OSVDB (70754†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025014†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 51850
Nessus Name: HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account
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OpenVAS ID: 103060
OpenVAS Name: HP OpenView Performance Insight Server doPost() Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_ovpi_server_backdoor
Saint Name: HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account

MetaSploit ID: hp_openview_insight_backdoor.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account Code Execution
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/23/2010 🔍
01/31/2011 +39 days 🔍
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02/07/2011 +5 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1502 days 🔍
05/31/2025 +3725 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-0276 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0276
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56305
X-Force: 65038
SecurityFocus: 46079
Secunia: 43145
OSVDB: 70754 - HP OpenView Performance Insight com.trinagy.security.XMLUserManager Default Account Arbitrary File Upload
SecurityTracker: 1025014
Vulnerability Center: 29578 - HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Remote Code Execution via a \, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 05/31/2025 14:06
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (40), 07/08/2015 14:19 (29), 10/13/2021 15:04 (12), 10/13/2021 15:08 (1), 12/29/2024 23:39 (21), 05/31/2025 14:06 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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