HP Application Lifestyle Management 11 Configuration Tool GetInstalledPackages access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Application Lifestyle Management 11. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects the function GetInstalledPackages of the component Configuration Tool. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-4834. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in HP Application Lifestyle Management 11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetInstalledPackages of the component Configuration Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GetInstalledPackages function in the configuration tool in HP Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) 11 on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a Trojan horse /tmp/tmp.txt FIFO or (2) a symlink attack on /tmp/tmp.txt.

The weakness was released 12/14/2011 by 0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-4834 since 12/14/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Shell File. 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.

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 (71698), Exploit-DB (36430), SecurityFocus (BID 50982†) and Secunia (SA47040†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: 0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-4834 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4834
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59701
X-Force: 71698 - HP Application Lifestyle Management GetInstalledPackages() symlink
SecurityFocus: 50982 - HP Application Lifestyle Management 'GetInstalledPackages' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 47040

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 08/31/2024 08:41
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (54), 01/17/2018 12:13 (6), 08/31/2024 08:41 (17)
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