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CVE-2016-4372: HPE iMC PLAT before 7.2 E0403P04, iMC EAD before 7.2 E0405P05, iMC APM before 7.2 E0401P04, iMC NTA before…

CVE-2016-4372 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 6 affected products, including HP Intelligent Management Center Application Performance Manager. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

HPE iMC PLAT before 7.2 E0403P04, iMC EAD before 7.2 E0405P05, iMC APM before 7.2 E0401P04, iMC NTA before 7.2 E0401P01, iMC BIMS before 7.2 E0402P02, and iMC UAM_TAM before 7.2 E0405P05 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected products

  • HP Intelligent Management Center Application Performance Manager: up to and including 7.2
  • HP Intelligent Management Center Branch Intelligent Management System: up to and including 7.2
  • HP Intelligent Management Center Endpoint Admission Defense: up to and including 7.2
  • HP Intelligent Management Center Network Traffic Analyzer: up to and including 7.2
  • HP Intelligent Management Center Platform: up to and including 7.2
  • HP Intelligent Management Center User Access Management: up to and including 7.2

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