HP Smart Update Manager up to 5.3.4 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP Smart Update Manager up to 5.3.4. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Update Manager. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-6208. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP Smart Update Manager up to 5.3.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Update Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in HP Smart Update Manager 5.3.5 before build 70 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 03/16/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at h20565.www2.hp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-6208 since 10/21/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 5.3.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Smart Update Manager 5.3.5

Timelineinfo

10/21/2013 🔍
03/16/2014 +146 days 🔍
03/16/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +373 days 🔍
05/08/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: h20565.www2.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-6208 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6208
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66674

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/08/2026 07:06
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (41), 02/25/2018 10:01 (6), 05/08/2026 07:06 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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