CVE-2012-5217
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 · uneditedHP System Management Homepage (SMH) before 7.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2355.
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 System Management Homepage (SMH) versions prior to 7.2.1 contain an access control bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent intended security restrictions and access sensitive system information. The attack vector is network-based and requires no authentication, leveraging unspecified vectors to retrieve data that should be protected.
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<= 7.2= 7.0= 7.1CVSS 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
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 if HP System Management Homepage is installedCheck running services or installed packages for hp-smh, system-management-homepage, or similar HP SMH componentsAffected if HP SMH is found running on the system
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Determine the installed HP SMH versionQuery the SMH service version through its web interface (typically port 2381) or check the installed package version using system package management toolsAffected if The installed version is 7.0, 7.1, or any version prior to 7.2.1 (versions 7.2 and below)
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Verify network accessibility of the SMH web interfaceConfirm that the SMH web service (default port 2381, or port 80/443 if configured) is reachable from network addresses other than localhostAffected if The SMH interface is exposed to untrusted network segments (the vulnerability is exploitable remotely without authentication)
If HP System Management Homepage is installed, running version 7.2 or earlier (including 7.0 and 7.1), and its web interface is network-accessible, the environment is affected by this unauthenticated access control bypass vulnerability.
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 System Management Homepage to version 7.2.1 or later to remediate this access restriction bypass. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict network access to the SMH interface to trusted management networks only.
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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-2012-5217 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- 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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