HP LoadRunner up to 11.51 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HP LoadRunner up to 11.51. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4798. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in HP LoadRunner up to 11.51. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP LoadRunner before 11.52 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1705.

The weakness was shared 07/29/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at h20564.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-4798 since 07/12/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/22/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121400 (HP LoadRunner Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 9.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13126.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (85958), Exploit-DB (28083), SecurityFocus (BID 61443†), OSVDB (95642†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53196†). The entries VDB-64552, VDB-64551, VDB-64550 and VDB-64548 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Saint ID: exploit_info/hp_loadrunner_lrfileioservice_writefilestring_traversal
Saint Name: HP LoadRunner lrFileIOService ActiveX WriteFileString Method Traversal Vulnerability

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MetaSploit ID: hp_loadrunner_writefilestring.rb
MetaSploit Name: HP LoadRunner lrFileIOService ActiveX WriteFileString Remote Code Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: LoadRunner 9.0.0
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07/24/2013 +12 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +603 days 🔍
10/02/2015 +192 days 🔍
06/22/2025 +3551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20564.www2.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-4798 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4798
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64549

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X-Force: 85958
SecurityFocus: 61443
OSVDB: 95642
Vulnerability Center: 53196 - HP LoadRunner Remote Code Execution in WriteFileString Method - CVE-2013-4798, Critical

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

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 06/22/2025 02:24
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (65), 02/03/2018 10:16 (10), 06/22/2025 02:24 (18)
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