ZDI-12-115 : HP OpenView Performance Agent coda.exe Opcode 0x8C Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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ZDI-12-115 : HP OpenView Performance Agent coda.exe Opcode 0x8C Remote Code
Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-115
July 12, 2012

• – CVE ID:
  CVE-2012-2020

• – CVSS:
  10, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• – Affected Vendors:
  Hewlett-Packard

• – Affected Products:
  Hewlett-Packard OpenView Performance Agent

• – TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
  TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
  vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 12448.
  For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

  http://www.tippingpoint.com

• – Vulnerability Details:
  This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
  vulnerable installations of HP OpenView Performance Agent. Authentication
  is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the coda.exe process which listens on a
random TCP port by default. The process trusts a value within a GET request
as a size. It then proceeds to copy that many bytes of user-supplied data
into a fixed-length buffer on the stack. Remote unauthenticated attackers
can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed message packets to the
target, which could ultimately lead to arbitrary code execution under the
context of the SYSTEM user.

• – Vendor Response:
  Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
  details can be found at:

https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_
na-c03397769

• – Disclosure Timeline:
  2011-08-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  2012-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory

• – Credit:
  This vulnerability was discovered by:

• Luigi Auriemma

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