Authentication Bypass in Intelligent Management Center Plat (CVE-2017-5791)
Summary
Authentication bypass in Intelligent Management Center Plat (CVE-2017-5791). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The doFilter method in UrlAccessController in HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT 7.2 E0403P06 allows remote bypass of authentication via unspecified strings in a URI.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5791 has been found in Intelligent Management Center Plat.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Intelligent Management Center Plat CVE-2017-5791" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-5791 (Intelligent Management Center Plat) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in Intelligent Management Center Plat.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Intelligent Management Center Plat.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Intelligent Management Center Plat を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
- advisory zerodayinitiative.com
- patch h20564.www2.hpe.com