CVE-2011-0276

critical

Published 2011-02-02 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

HP OpenView Performance Insight Server 5.2, 5.3, 5.31, 5.4, and 5.41 contains a "hidden account" in the com.trinagy.security.XMLUserManager Java class, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the doPost method in the com.trinagy.servlet.HelpManagerServlet class.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16984 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2011-03-15

HP OpenView Performance Insight Server - Backdoor Account Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/hp_openview_insight_backdoor rank 600

HP OpenView Performance Insight Server Backdoor Account Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
hp	openview_performance_insight	`5.2`
hp	openview_performance_insight	`5.3`
hp	openview_performance_insight	`5.4`
hp	openview_performance_insight	`5.31`
hp	openview_performance_insight	`5.41`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.