Intelligent Management CenterApplication · Hp

CVE-2017-12505

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-02-15
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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
A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT version PLAT 7.3 (E0504) was found. The problem was resolved in HPE Intelligent Management Center PLAT v7.3 (E0506) or any subsequent version.

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 confidence

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT version 7.3 (E0504). The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. The issue was addressed in version PLAT 7.3 (E0506).

MitigationUpgrade HPE Intelligent Management Center PLAT to version 7.3 (E0506) or any subsequent version. Prior to production deployment, validate the upgrade in a non-production environment and ensure appropriate rollback procedures are in place.

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
Intelligent Management CenterApplication
Affected:= 7.3

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
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify HPE iMC PLAT is installed
    Check for HPE Intelligent Management Center service or installation directory on the system
    Affected if The product is not present, the detection cannot proceed
  2. Locate the PLAT version information
    Access the iMC PLAT version details through the management interface, service information, or installation metadata on the system
    Affected if Unable to determine the version from available system information
  3. Identify the exact build version
    Extract the full version string including the E-number (for example, E0504 or E0506) from the iMC PLAT installation
    Affected if The version string cannot be determined or is not in the expected format
  4. Compare against affected version range
    Compare the installed version against the affected version 7.3 (E0504) and the fixed version 7.3 (E0506)
    Affected if The installed version is 7.3 E0504 (exact match) or falls between E0504 and E0506 (exclusive)
  5. Confirm the platform component is the affected component
    Verify that the PLAT component version is the version being evaluated (not other iMC components)
    Affected if A different iMC component version is being checked rather than the PLAT component

A system is affected if HPE Intelligent Management Center PLAT version 7.3 E0504 is installed; versions 7.3 E0506 and later are not affected.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade HPE Intelligent Management Center PLAT to version 7.3 (E0506) or any subsequent version. Prior to production deployment, validate the upgrade in a non-production environment and ensure appropriate rollback procedures are in place.

Fix this in Intelligent Management Center Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,760
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