CVE-2017-9297
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 · uneditedOpen Redirect vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.5.2-01 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites.
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 confidenceOpen Redirect vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before version 8.5.2-01 allows remote attackers to manipulate the application to redirect users to arbitrary malicious websites. This occurs due to insufficient validation of redirection parameters, enabling attackers to craft URLs that appear to originate from the trusted Hitachi domain but lead to phishing or malware sites.
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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<= 8.5.2CVSS 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
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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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Identify Hitachi Device Manager versionCheck the installed version of Hitachi Device Manager. This is typically visible in the product's web interface login page, in the 'About' or 'Version' section, or can be retrieved via the administrative console. Compare the version number to the affected range (<= 8.5.2).Affected if The installed version is 8.5.2 or any version lower than 8.5.2-01.
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Confirm web interface is accessibleVerify that the Hitachi Device Manager web interface is exposed and reachable. This vulnerability is exploited via HTTP requests to the web application, so accessibility is required for the flaw to be triggered.Affected if The web interface is publicly or internally accessible without additional controls.
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Inspect URL handling for redirection parametersExamine the application's handling of redirect parameters in URLs. Test by observing how the application responds to crafted URLs with parameters that control redirection (such as 'redirect=', 'url=', or similar). Look for proper validation of the destination URL.Affected if The application accepts and follows redirection parameters without validating that the target URL is a trusted internal resource.
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Review web server logs for suspicious redirect patternsAnalyze HTTP access logs for requests containing redirection parameters pointing to external domains. Look for patterns like 'redirect=http://', 'redirect=https://', or 'url=http://' in the query strings.Affected if Logs show redirection parameters with external URLs being processed by the application.
A defender is affected if their installed Hitachi Device Manager version is 8.5.2 or lower AND the web interface is accessible, allowing attackers to inject malicious URLs into redirection parameters.
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 Hitachi Device Manager to version 8.5.2-01 or later. Until patching is possible, implement URL validation at perimeter firewalls or web application firewalls to detect and block suspicious redirection patterns in requests.
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