CVE-2011-0922

critical

Published 2011-02-09 · 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

The client in HP Data Protector allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an EXEC_SETUP command that references a UNC share pathname.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-27271 remote windows verified

Ben Turner · 2013-08-02

HP Data Protector - CMD Install Service (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-19288 remote windows verified

Ben Turner · 2012-06-19

HP Data Protector Client - EXEC_CMD Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-17345 remote windows verified

fdiskyou · 2011-05-29

HP Data Protector Client 6.11 - 'EXEC_SETUP' Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/misc/hp_dataprotector_install_service rank 600

HP Data Protector 6.10/6.11/6.20 Install Service

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hp	data_protector

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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