Check Point Advisories

HP Universal CMDB Server Authentication Bypass (CVE-2014-7883)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2552
Date Published:	5 Dec 2024
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 05 December, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-7883
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	HP Universal CMDB Server 9.05 HP Universal CMDB Server 10.01 HP Universal CMDB Server 10.10 HP Universal CMDB Server 10.11
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in HP Universal CMDB. The vulnerability is in the JMX Console web application. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending HTTP requests that are not GET or POST. In a successful attack scenario, the attacker can run arbitrary commands on the server with SYSTEM privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP Universal CMDB Server Authentication Bypass (CVE-2014-7883) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: HP Products Protection Violation.
Attack Information: HP Universal CMDB Server Authentication Bypass (CVE-2014-7883)