CVE-2017-5783
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 · uneditedA remote clickjacking vulnerability in HPE Matrix Operating Environment version v7.6 was found.
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 confidenceThis is a clickjacking (UI redress) vulnerability in HPE Matrix Operating Environment v7.6. An attacker can embed the vulnerable application in a transparent iframe on a malicious page, overlaying it with decoy UI elements to trick authenticated users into unknowingly clicking on unintended actions within the application.
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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= 7.6CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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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Verify HPE Matrix Operating Environment versionCheck the installed version of HPE Matrix Operating Environment. Typically found in the product's about page, installer metadata, or by querying the management console for version information. Compare against the affected version: 7.6Affected if The installed version is HPE Matrix Operating Environment version 7.6
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Check for X-Frame-Options HTTP headerSend an HTTP request to the application's web interface (typically port 8080 or 443) and inspect the response headers for X-Frame-Options. Use a tool like curl -I <url> or browser dev tools to view headers.Affected if The X-Frame-Options header is absent, or set to a permissive value like ALLOW-FROM (not DENY or SAMEORIGIN)
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Check Content-Security-Policy for frame-ancestorsInspect the HTTP response headers for a Content-Security-Policy header. Look for the frame-ancestors directive.Affected if CSP frame-ancestors directive is missing, or allows external domains (such as frame-ancestors * or frame-ancestors https://attacker.com)
A user is affected if HPE Matrix Operating Environment v7.6 is running AND neither X-Frame-Options (DENY/SAMEORIGIN) nor CSP frame-ancestors is properly configured, allowing the application to be embedded in iframes.
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 dataImplement X-Frame-Options: DENY or X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN headers, or configure Content-Security-Policy with frame-ancestors directive to prevent the application from being embedded in iframes.
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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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