HP Operations Agent up to 8.60.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in HP Operations Agent up to 8.60.6. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2019. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Operations Agent up to 8.60.6 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP Operations Agent before 11.03.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1325.

The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2012 by Luigi Auriemma (TippingPoint) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at h20000.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2019 since 04/02/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/25/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 8.60.007 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12448.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76821), Exploit-DB (22306), SecurityFocus (BID 54362†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35970†). The entry VDB-61233 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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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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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_operations_agent_opcode_34
Saint Name: HP Operations Agent Opcode 0x34 vulnerability

MetaSploit ID: hp_operations_agent_coda_34.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP Operations Agent Opcode coda.exe 0x34 Buffer Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Operations Agent 8.60.007
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04/02/2012 🔍
07/09/2012 +98 days 🔍
07/11/2012 +2 days 🔍
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08/26/2012 +46 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +939 days 🔍
08/25/2025 +3808 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20000.www2.hp.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma (TippingPoint)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2019 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2019
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61232
X-Force: 76821
SecurityFocus: 54362 - HP Operations Agent Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 35970 - HP Operations Agent Before 11.02 Coda.exe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 08/25/2025 13:04
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (59), 04/19/2017 10:31 (16), 08/25/2025 13:04 (18)
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