CVE-2014-7878
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 · uneditedThe Application Lifecycle Service (ALS) in HP Helion Cloud Development Platform 1.0, when a virtual machine is derived from the Seed Node image, uses the same security keys across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging these keys for a connection.
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 · high confidenceHP Helion Cloud Development Platform 1.0's Application Lifecycle Service (ALS) uses identical security keys across all customer deployments when virtual machines are derived from the Seed Node image. Attackers who obtain these shared keys can remotely authenticate to affected systems and execute arbitrary code.
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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= 1.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 Helion Cloud Development Platform versionLocate the installation directory or package manager for HP Helion Cloud Development Platform and confirm the installed version is 1.0Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Determine if VMs were created from Seed Node imageReview VM provisioning records or image metadata to identify whether any ALS virtual machines were derived from the default Seed Node image provided with the productAffected if Any ALS virtual machines were created from the default Seed Node image
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Inspect ALS security key configurationAccess the Application Lifecycle Service configuration files or key storage mechanism and examine the active security keys in useAffected if The security keys present in the ALS configuration match the default keys shipped with the Seed Node image (identical across all deployments)
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Verify key uniqueness across deploymentsCompare the security keys used in different ALS virtual machine deployments within your environmentAffected if Multiple ALS deployments share identical or matching security keys, indicating reuse of Seed Node defaults
You are affected if HP Helion Cloud Development Platform 1.0 is installed and any ALS virtual machines were derived from the Seed Node image using the default shared security keys.
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 dataRegenerate or replace the default security keys with unique, customer-specific keys across all affected VMs and implement proper cryptographic key management practices to prevent reuse across deployments.
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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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