HP OpenView Network Node Manager nnmRptConfig.exe nameParams text1 Buffer Overflow

Added: 01/20/2011
CVE: CVE-2011-0268
BID: 45762
OSVDB: 70473

Background

HP OpenView Network Node Manager is network availability and performance management software.

Problem

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by requesting the nnmRptConfig.exe CGI program with a specially crafted nameParams/text1 parameter.

Resolution

Apply the appropriate patch.

References

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-010/

Limitations

Exploit works on HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53 with security update KB925902 on Windows Server 2003.

On Windows Server 2003, read and execute privileges on the file %windir%\system32\cmd.exe must be granted to the Internet Guest Account IUSR_<computername> for the exploit to work properly. Note that users in the Users and Power Users groups do not have such privileges, but users in the Administrators and TelnetClients groups do.

Platforms

Windows

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