CVE-2013-4798

critical

Published 2013-07-29 · 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

Unspecified vulnerability in HP LoadRunner before 11.52 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1705.

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-28083 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-09-04

HP LoadRunner - lrFileIOService ActiveX WriteFileString Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/hp_loadrunner_writefilestring rank 300

HP LoadRunner lrFileIOService ActiveX WriteFileString Remote Code Execution

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
hp	loadrunner	`{"endIncluding":"11.51"}`
hp	loadrunner	`9.0.0`
hp	loadrunner	`9.50.0`
hp	loadrunner	`9.51`
hp	loadrunner	`9.52`
hp	loadrunner	`11.0.0.0`
hp	loadrunner	`11.50`

References

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

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