Secunia Research: HP Power Manager "formExportDataLogs" Directory Traversal

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                 Secunia Research 20/01/2009

- HP Power Manager "formExportDataLogs" Directory Traversal -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• HP Power Manager version 4.2.9.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"HP Power Manager is a web-based application that enables
administrators to manage an HP UPS from a browser-based management
console. … A familiar browser interface provides secure access to
Management Servers anywhere on the network."

Product Link:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/power-
protection/software/power-manager/index.html

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in HP Power Manager,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input sanitation error when
handling "fileName" parameters passed to /goform/formExportDataLogs.
This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with almost
arbitrary data via directory traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Update to version 4.2.10.

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6) Time Table

10/11/2009 - Vendor notified.
11/11/2009 - Vendor response
05/01/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
20/01/2010 - Public Disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-4000 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-48/

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