HP OpenView Network Node Manager malformed displayWidth option to jovgraph.exe

Added: 04/18/2011
CVE: CVE-2011-0261
BID: 45762
OSVDB: 70469

Background

HP OpenView Network Node Manager is network availability and performance management software.

Problem

A buffer overflow vulnerability in **jovgraph.exe** allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending an overly long **displayWidth** option in the **arg** parameter to the **jovgraph.exe** CGI program.

Resolution

Apply the appropriate patch.

References

<http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-003/&gt;

Limitations

Exploit works on HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53 on Windows Server 2003 with DEP AlwaysOff.

On Windows Server 2003, read and execute privileges on the file **_%windir%_\system32\cmd.exe** must be granted to the Internet Guest Account **IUSR__<computername>_** for the exploit to work properly. Note that users in the **Users** and **Power Users** groups do not have such privileges, but users in the **Administrators** and **TelnetClients** groups do.

Platforms

Windows