CVE-2012-1999
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 7.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data 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 confidenceHP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before version 7.0 contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unknown vectors. The exact nature of the flaw is not disclosed in available references.
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<= 6.3= 4.0= 4.1= 4.2= 5.0= 6.0= 6.1= 6.2CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
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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Identify HP SIM installationLocate the HP Systems Insight Manager installation directory or check for the SIM service process running on the systemAffected if HP SIM is installed and running on the system
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Determine installed versionCheck the HP SIM version information through the application UI, installation logs, or version file in the installation directoryAffected if The installed version is 6.3 or lower, or specifically 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, or 6.2
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Verify remote access is enabledCheck whether the HP SIM web interface or remote administration ports are accessible from the networkAffected if The HP SIM interface is network-accessible and accepts remote connections
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Confirm authentication is configuredReview user authentication settings and determine if non-administrator or untrusted accounts have access to the SIM interfaceAffected if Authenticated remote users can access the SIM interface (the vulnerability affects remote authenticated users)
If HP Systems Insight Manager version is 7.0 or later, the system is not affected by this CVE; any version below 7.0 (including 4.x, 5.x, 6.0-6.3) is considered affected.
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 7.0 or later. Additionally, restrict administrative access to trusted users only and minimize the attack surface by limiting network exposure to the SIM interface.
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- 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-2012-1999 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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