CVE-2013-4812

critical

Published 2013-09-16 · 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

UpdateCertificatesServlet in the SNAC registration server in HP ProCurve Manager (PCM) 3.20 and 4.0, PCM+ 3.20 and 4.0, and Identity Driven Manager (IDM) 4.0 does not properly validate the fileName argument, which allows remote attackers to upload .jsp files and consequently execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1743.

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-28337 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-09-17

HP ProCurve Manager SNAC - UpdateCertificatesServlet Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/http/hp_pcm_snac_update_certificates rank 600

HP ProCurve Manager SNAC UpdateCertificatesServlet File Upload

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
hp	identity_driven_manager	`4.0`
hp	procurve_manager	`3.20`
hp	procurve_manager	`4.0`

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.