HP Diagnostics up to 9.4.0.4710 magentservice.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HP Diagnostics. This impacts an unknown function of the file magentservice.exe. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-4789. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in HP Diagnostics. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file magentservice.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in magentservice.exe in the server in HP LoadRunner 11.00 before patch 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted size value in a packet. NOTE: it was originally reported that the affected product is HP Diagnostics Server, but HP states that "the vulnerable product is actually HP LoadRunner."

The weakness was published 01/12/2012 by AbdulAziz Hariri (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-4789 since 12/13/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/29/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available 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 59718 (HP LoadRunner < 11.00 Patch 4 Code Execution Vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121537 (HP LoadRunner Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU02785)).

Upgrading to version 11.00 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16294.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72363), Exploit-DB (18423), Tenable (59718), SecurityFocus (BID 51398†) and OSVDB (78309†). Similar entry is available at VDB-57576. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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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: 59718
Nessus Name: HP LoadRunner < 11.00 Patch 4 Code Execution Vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 802386
OpenVAS Name: HP Diagnostics Server magentservice.exe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_diagnostics_magentservice_intwrap
Saint Name: HP Diagnostics Server magentservice.exe Integer Wrap

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MetaSploit ID: hp_magentservice.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP Diagnostics Server magentservice.exe Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Diagnostics 11.00
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2011 🔍
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02/19/2012 +38 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4789 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4789
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59915
X-Force: 72363
SecurityFocus: 51398 - HP LoadRunner 'magentservice.exe' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 78309
Vulnerability Center: 34504 - HP Diagnostics Server magnetservice.exe Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, High

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 05/29/2025 14:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (72), 04/09/2017 14:51 (15), 11/28/2021 18:24 (2), 05/29/2025 14:19 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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