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CVE-2012-2015

HIGH · 9.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2012-06-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 7.1.0-16 or later.
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) before 7.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information 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

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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
System Management HomepageApplication
Affected:<= 7.1.0-16= 2.0.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.1.104= 2.0.2= 2.0.2.106= 2.1= 2.1.0-103= 2.1.0-103\(a\)= 2.1.0-109= 2.1.0-118= 2.1.0.121

CVSS 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
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 7.1.0-16
Vendor patch h20000.www2.hp.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

HP System Management Homepage 7.1.1 or later (note: versions 2.0.x are also affected and should be upgraded to a fixed 2.0.x release if available, or upgrade to 7.1.1)

  1. 1. Backup the current HP System Management Homepage configuration and data
  2. 2. Review the HP vendor advisory at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041 for detailed patch/upgrade instructions
  3. 3. Download HP System Management Homepage version 7.1.1 or later from the HP support website
  4. 4. Stop the HP System Management Homepage service before upgrading
  5. 5. Install the upgraded version following HP's standard upgrade procedures
  6. 6. Verify the installation was successful and the service is running
  7. 7. Confirm the version number reflects the upgrade (7.1.1 or later)
  8. 8. Test that SMH functionality works as expected after upgrade
Caveat Review HP release notes for 7.1.1 for any configuration or compatibility changes from earlier versions; test in non-production first

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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