HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:34955

Info

HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34955
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2009-0714
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 13 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 25 2009 08:25PM
Credit: Abhisek Datta and Nibin Varghese of the iViZ Security Research Team
Vulnerable: HP Data Protector Express SSE 4.x
HP Data Protector Express SSE 3.X
HP Data Protector Express 4.x
HP Data Protector Express 3.X
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HP Data Protector Express is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges or cause denial-of-service conditions. Successfully exploiting this issue may result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

UPDATE (June 23, 2009): This issue was originally reported as a local vulnerability. Additional reports indicate that remote attacks are possible.

The issue affects the following:

HP Data Protector Express and SSE 3.x prior to build 47065
HP Data Protector Express and SSE 4.x prior to build 46537

Exploit / POC

HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A working commercial exploit is available through VUPEN Security - Exploit and PoCs Service. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following proof-of-concept exploits are available:

Solution / Fix

HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for details.

References

HP Data Protector Express 'dpwinsup.dll' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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