CVE-2015-5405
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, modify data, or cause a denial of service 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 unspecified vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, modify data, or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability requires authentication to exploit but grants broad impact once authenticated.
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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Confirm HP Systems Insight Manager is installedLocate HP SIM installation directory or check system for HP SIM binaries, services, or management interfaces. Common locations include C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager or /opt/hp/sim.Affected if HP SIM software is present on the system
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Identify installed HP SIM versionCheck the version of HP Systems Insight Manager using installed software listings, the HP SIM About dialog, or version information in the installation directory.Affected if Installed version is 7.4 or earlier (versions 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, etc.)
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Verify authentication requirements for the vulnerabilityDetermine if HP SIM is accessible over network or has user accounts configured. The vulnerability requires valid authentication credentials to exploit.Affected if HP SIM is network-accessible and has active user accounts configured
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Check for available version informationReview HP SIM documentation, release notes, or version metadata to confirm the exact installed build and compare against the fixed version 7.5.0.Affected if Version cannot be determined or is confirmed to be below 7.5.0
The environment is affected if HP Systems Insight Manager is installed and the installed version is 7.4 or earlier (less than 7.5.0).
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 similarly upgrade HP Matrix Operating Environment to 7.5.0 or later to address this vulnerability.
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- Review / QA1.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-5405 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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