Vigil@nce: HP SMH, XSS via System Management Homepage (SMH)
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can use an XSS to gain access to a user account.
Gravity: 2/4
Consequences: user access/rights
Provenance: user account
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 19/08/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8038
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Microsoft Windows 2000 [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows 2003 [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows 2008
– Unix - plateform
DESCRIPTION
System Management Homepage (SMH) permits to realise detailled
administrative tasks via web.
A Cross site scripting has been discovered on one of these web
pages.
An attacker can therefore use this XSS to gain access to an other
user account.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: c01488878, CVE-2008-1663, HPSBMA02345, SSRT080039,
VIGILANCE-VUL-8038