Code injection

On Supermicro H11, H12, M11, X9, X10, and X11 products, a combination of encryption and authentication problems in the virtual media service allows capture of BMC credentials and data transferred over virtual media devices. Attackers can use captured credentials to connect virtual USB devices to...

CVE-2019-16649

CVE-2019-16649 affects Supermicro H11/H12/M11/X9/X10/X11 products. The issue stems from a combination of encryption and authentication problems in the virtual media service, enabling capture of BMC credentials and data transferred over virtual media devices. Attackers who obtain credentials can c...

CVE-2019-16649

On Supermicro H11, H12, M11, X9, X10, and X11 products, a combination of encryption and authentication problems in the virtual media service allows capture of BMC credentials and data transferred over virtual media devices. Attackers can use captured credentials to connect virtual USB devices to...

CVE-2019-16650

On Supermicro X10 and X11 products, a client's access privileges may be transferred to a different client that later has the same socket file descriptor number. In opportunistic circumstances, an attacker can simply connect to the virtual media service, and then connect virtual USB devices to the...

CVE-2019-16650

CVE-2019-16650 affects Supermicro X10/X11 BMCs. The vulnerability stems from improper authentication in the virtual media service, allowing an attacker to transfer a client’s access privileges to another client that shares the same socket file descriptor. In practice, a remote attacker could conn...

The vulnerability in the virtual remote connection service for microprogramming control devices of the BMC Supermicro family allows a hacker to gain full control over the device.

The vulnerability of the virtual remote connection service for Microprogramming Software Control Devices of Supermicro is due to insufficient security restrictions for critical management functions. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to gain full control over the device by...

Supermicro Releases Security Updates

Supermicro has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting the Baseboard Management Controller BMC component of Supermicro X9, X10, and X11 platforms. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and...

BMC Vulnerabilities Expose Supermicro Servers to Remote USB-Attacks

Enterprise servers powered by Supermicro motherboards can remotely be compromised by virtually plugging in malicious USB devices, cybersecurity researchers at firmware security company Eclypsium told The Hacker News. Yes, that's correct. You can launch all types of USB attacks against vulnerable...

BMC Vulnerabilities Expose Supermicro Servers to Remote USB-Attacks

Enterprise servers powered by Supermicro motherboards can remotely be compromised by virtually plugging in malicious USB devices, cybersecurity researchers at firmware security company Eclypsium told The Hacker News. Yes, that's correct. You can launch all types of USB attacks against vulnerable...

'USBAnywhere' Bugs Open Supermicro Servers to Remote Attackers

Authentication vulnerabilities in the baseboard management controllers BMCs of Supermicro X9-X11 servers have been discovered that allow a remote attacker to easily connect to a server and mount any virtual USB device of their choosing. The bugs, collectively dubbed USBAnywhere, allow an attacker...

Supermicro Bug Could Let 'Virtual USBs' Take Over Corporate Servers

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Supermicro hardware brings the threat of malicious USBs to corporate servers...

SuperMicro SuperDoctor Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

SuperMicro SuperDoctor is a set of server management monitoring platform from SuperMicro, Inc. in the United States. The platform is mainly used for real-time monitoring of the target node hardware in the data center system operation status or availability. A security vulnerability exists in Supe...

SuperDoctor5 - (NRPE) Remote Code Execution Exploit

SuperMicro implemented a Remote Command Execution plugin in their implementation of NRPE in SuperDocter 5, which is their monitoring utility for SuperMicro chassis'. This is an intended feature but leaves the system open by default to unauthenticated remote command execution by abusing the...

SuperDoctor5 - NRPE Remote Code Execution

SuperDoctor5 - NRPE Remote Code Execution SuperMicro implemented a Remote Command Execution plugin in their implementation of NRPE in SuperDocter 5, which is their monitoring utility for SuperMicro chassis'. This is an intended feature but leaves the system open by default to unauthenticated remo...

SuperDoctor5 - 'NRPE' Remote Code Execution

SuperMicro implemented a Remote Command Execution plugin in their implementation of NRPE in SuperDocter 5, which is their monitoring utility for SuperMicro chassis'. This is an intended feature but leaves the system open by default to unauthenticated remote command execution by abusing the...

SuperDoctor5 NRPE Remote Code Execution

SuperMicro implemented a Remote Command Execution plugin in their implementation of NRPE in SuperDocter 5, which is their monitoring utility for SuperMicro chassis'. This is an intended feature but leaves the system open by default to unauthenticated remote command execution by abusing the...

More on the Supermicro Spying Story

I've blogged twice about the Bloomberg story that China bugged Supermicro networking equipment destined to the US. We still don't know if the story is true, although I am increasingly skeptical because of the lack of corroborating evidence to emerge. We don't know anything more, but this is the...

Apple, Amazon in a Tussle with Bloomberg over Spy Chips Report

In our latest security news digest, we delve into the brouhaha over Chinese spy chips, check out the latest in Facebook's investigation of its recent hack, and look at Google's controversial decision to delay disclosing a potential data breach. Bloomberg's spy chip report stuns tech industry, the...

Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View

Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. We talked at length about many issues, including supply chain...

Bloomberg blunder highlights supply chain risks

Ooh boy! Talk about a back-and-forth, he said, she said story! No, we’re not talking about that Supreme Court nomination. Rather, we’re talking about Supermicro. Supermicro manufacturers the type of computer hardware that is used by technology behemoths like Amazon and Apple, as well as governmen...