HP Intelligent Management Center prior 5.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in HP Intelligent Management Center. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-5201. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Intelligent Management Center (Log Management Software). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP Intelligent Management Center (iMC) and Intelligent Management Center for Automated Network Manager (ANM) before 5.2 E0401 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1611.

The weakness was presented 03/09/2013 by Andrea Micalizzi (Website). The advisory is shared for download at h20566.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5201 since 10/01/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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).

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65255 (HP Intelligent Management Center < 5.2 E401 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely.

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12684.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82678), Exploit-DB (24891), Tenable (65255), SecurityFocus (BID 58385†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38797†). See VDB-63720, VDB-63719, VDB-63718 and VDB-63717 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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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: 65255
Nessus Name: HP Intelligent Management Center < 5.2 E401 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 100209
OpenVAS Name: HP Intelligent Management Center (iMC) Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_imc_mibfileupload_servlet
Saint Name: HP Intelligent Management Center mibFileUpload Servlet Unrestricted File Creation

MetaSploit ID: hp_imc_mibfileupload.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP Intelligent Management Center Arbitrary File Upload
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Intelligent Management Center 5.0
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10/01/2012 🔍
03/07/2013 +157 days 🔍
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03/09/2013 +2 days 🔍
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03/18/2013 +9 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +736 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20566.www2.hp.com
Researcher: Andrea Micalizzi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-5201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63708
X-Force: 82678
SecurityFocus: 58385 - Multiple HP Products Multiple Unspecified Remote Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 38797 - HP Intelligent Management Center Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2012-5201, Critical

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

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 08/25/2025 13:04
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (69), 04/26/2017 08:54 (10), 12/30/2021 02:44 (2), 08/25/2025 13:04 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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