CVE-2010-3288
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 6.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) versions prior to 6.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of victims by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests to the application.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 6.1= 4.0= 4.1= 4.2= 5.0= 6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm HP SIM installationLocate HP Systems Insight Manager installation directory or check for HP SIM process running (typically in Program Files/HP/Systems Insight Manager or similar). Use task manager or system service list to verify the application is present.Affected if HP SIM is not installed on the system.
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Identify installed versionCheck the version of HP Systems Insight Manager. This is typically visible in the application GUI under Help > About, or in the Windows Add/Remove Programs list, or in the version.properties or similar file within the installation directory.Affected if Version cannot be determined or is one of: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0, or any version up to and including 6.1.
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Verify web interface accessibilityConfirm the HP SIM web interface is accessible by accessing the management URL (typically http://localhost:50000 or similar port). CSRF exploits the web application interface, so the web component must be enabled and reachable.Affected if The web interface is enabled and accessible to users or network.
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare your installed version number against the affected versions: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0, and any version <= 6.1. Versions prior to 6.2 are affected by this CSRF vulnerability.Affected if Installed version is less than 6.2.
Your environment is affected if HP Systems Insight Manager is installed with any version below 6.2 and the web interface is enabled, because the CSRF vulnerability exists in all those versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade HP Systems Insight Manager to version 6.2 or later to obtain the security patch; alternatively, implement anti-CSRF tokens and validate the Origin/Referer headers on state-changing requests.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-3288 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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