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Device ManagerApplication · Hitachi

CVE-2017-9295

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-05-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.5.2 or later.
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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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
XXE vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.5.2-01 and Hitachi Replication Manager before 8.5.2-00 allows authenticated remote users to read arbitrary files.

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 confidence

This is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi Replication Manager. An authenticated remote attacker can craft malicious XML requests to cause the application to parse external entities, allowing them to read arbitrary files from the server's filesystem.

MitigationApply the vendor patches: upgrade Hitachi Device Manager to version 8.5.2-01 or later, and Hitachi Replication Manager to version 8.5.2-00 or later. Alternatively, disable XML external entity processing in the application server configuration if immediate patching is not feasible.

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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
Device ManagerApplication
Affected:<= 8.5.2

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
None
Availability
None

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

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

  1. Identify Hitachi Device Manager installation
    Locate the Hitachi Device Manager installation directory and identify if the product is deployed on the system
    Affected if Hitachi Device Manager is found on the system
  2. Check installed version
    Find the version of Hitachi Device Manager installed and compare it against the affected range: version 8.5.2 or earlier
    Affected if Installed version is 8.5.2 or earlier
  3. Verify XML processing is enabled
    Examine the application server or XML parser configuration to determine whether external entity processing is enabled for XML requests
    Affected if XML external entity processing is enabled in the configuration

A system is affected if Hitachi Device Manager version 8.5.2 or earlier is installed with XML external entity processing enabled in the application configuration.

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

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.5.2
Interim mitigation

Apply the vendor patches: upgrade Hitachi Device Manager to version 8.5.2-01 or later, and Hitachi Replication Manager to version 8.5.2-00 or later. Alternatively, disable XML external entity processing in the application server configuration if immediate patching is not feasible.

Fix this in Device Manager Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing10.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
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