CERT-In Vulnerability Note
CIVN-2020-0440
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Original Issue Date:December 17, 2020
Severity Rating: HIGH
Systems Affected
- HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) version 7.6.x
Overview
A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager (SIM) which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Description
This vulnerability exists in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Systems Insight Manager (SIM) due to improper validation of user supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specially crafted input which could result in deserialization of untrusted data.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Workaround
Users will be unable to use the federated search feature once the simsearch.war file is removed from the install path.
For existing installations, the following steps are to be taken to remove the "Federated Search" & "Federated CMS Configuration" feature which allowed the vulnerability.
- Stop HPE SIM Service
- Delete file from sim installed path del /Q /F C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\jboss\server\hpsim\deploy\simsearch.war
- Restart HPE SIM Service
- Wait for HPE SIM web page "https://SIM_IP:50000" to be accessible and execute the following command from command prompt. mxtool -r -f tools\multi-cms-search.xml 1>nul 2>nul
Vendor Information
Hewlett Packard
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbgn04068en_us
References
Hewlett Packard
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=hpesbgn04068en_us
IBM X-Force Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193276
Bleeping Computer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-discloses-critical-zero-day-in-server-management-software/
CVE Name
CVE-2020-7200
Disclaimer
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Contact Information
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