CVE-2018-7092
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 potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Intelligent Management Center Platform (IMC Plat) 7.3 E0506P09. The vulnerability could be remotely exploited to allow for remote directory traversal leading to arbitrary file deletion.
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 confidenceA remote directory traversal vulnerability in HPE Intelligent Management Center Platform (IMC Plat) 7.3 E0506P09 allows unauthenticated attackers to traverse file system paths and delete arbitrary files on the host. The vulnerability is exploitable over the network without authentication, giving attackers the ability to navigate outside intended directories using path traversal sequences (e.g., ../../).
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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= 7.3CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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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Confirm HPE IMC Plat installationLocate the HPE Intelligent Management Center Platform application on the host. Common installation paths include C:\hp\imcplat or /opt/hp/imcplat on Linux. Check for the imcplat service or process running on the system.Affected if The product is present and running on the system.
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Identify installed IMC Plat versionAccess the IMC Plat web console or check the application version through its built-in about/info page. Alternatively, examine version files in the installation directory for a version string matching 7.3.Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.3 (E0506P09 build).
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Verify network accessibility of IMC management interfaceDetermine if the IMC Plat web management interface (typically on ports 8080, 8443, or 443) is exposed to network accessible IPs. Check firewall rules, network configurations, or perform a port scan of the host.Affected if The IMC Plat management interface is reachable from untrusted networks or the internet.
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Review HTTP access logs for path traversal patternsExamine web server access logs in the IMC Plat logs directory for requests containing '../' or '..\' sequences targeting file deletion endpoints. Look for patterns like '..' in URL parameters.Affected if Log entries show suspicious path traversal sequences in HTTP requests to the IMC Plat server.
You are affected if HPE IMC Plat version 7.3 is installed and its management interface is network-accessible, regardless of whether exploitation attempts are visible in logs.
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 dataApply the vendor-supplied patch for HPE IMC Plat 7.3 E0506P09. Until a patch is available, consider network segmentation to restrict access to the IMC management interface and monitor for suspicious path traversal patterns in HTTP requests.
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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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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.
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