HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:20465

Info

HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20465
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-5300
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 11 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 26 2007 04:28PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: HP Version Control Agent 2.1.4
HP Version Control Agent
Not Vulnerable: HP Version Control Agent 2.1.5

Discussion

HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HP Version Control Agent is prone to an unspecified remote unauthorized-access and privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to access restricted information that may possibly lead to privilege escalation on remote computers.

To exploit this issue, the attacker must have access and be authenticated to the affected application.

Few technical details are currently available. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

Versions prior to 2.1.5 are reported vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker requires authenticated access to the affected application.

Solution / Fix

HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
HP has released an advisory along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for information on obtaining and applying fixes.


HP Version Control Agent

HP Version Control Agent 2.1.4

References

HP Version Control Agent Remote Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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