CVE-2015-2140
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 Systems Insight Manager (SIM) before 7.5.0, as used in HP Matrix Operating Environment before 7.5.0 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified 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 7.5.0 contains an access control vulnerability that allows authenticated remote users to obtain sensitive information or modify data through unspecified vectors. The flaw affects HP Matrix Operating Environment before 7.5.0 and potentially other HP products using this component.
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<= 7.4CVSS 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
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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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Verify HP Systems Insight Manager is installedCheck for HP SIM installation by looking for the HP Systems Insight Manager directory (commonly at C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager or /opt/hp/sim) or by querying installed software on Windows systemsAffected if HP SIM is found on the system
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Determine installed HP SIM versionLocate the version information in the HP SIM installation: on Windows, check the version tab of hpSim.exe properties, or look for a version file in the installation directory. On Linux, check /opt/hp/sim/version.txt or run 'hpasmcli -s "show version"' if availableAffected if The installed version is 7.4 or lower, or any version below 7.5.0
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Confirm vulnerability conditionCompare the discovered version against the affected range: versions 7.4 and below are confirmed vulnerable, versions 7.5.0 and above are patchedAffected if The installed version is 7.4 or lower, making it fall within the affected range <= 7.4
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Check if remote access is enabledVerify HP SIM remote management features are accessible by confirming the HP SIM web interface (port 50000 typically) or relevant RPC services are exposed and accessible from networkAffected if HP SIM is network-accessible and accepts authenticated remote connections, which is required for this vulnerability to be exploitable
The system is affected if HP Systems Insight Manager version 7.4 or lower is installed and is accessible for remote authenticated access.
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 7.5.0 or later, and apply corresponding updates to HP Matrix Operating Environment. Apply the principle of least privilege to user accounts until patches are applied.
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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-2015-2140 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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