vendor:
Data Protector
by:
Ian Lovering
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
Remote Code Execution
119
CWE
Product Name: Data Protector
Affected Version From: A.09.00
Affected Version To: A.09.00 and earlier
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: CVE-2016-2004
CPE: a:hp:data_protector:9.0
Platforms Tested: Windows Server 2008
2016
HP Data Protector Encrypted Communication Remote Command Execution
This module exploits a well known remote code execution exploit after establishing encrypted control communications with a Data Protector agent. This allows exploitation of Data Protector agents that have been configured to only use encrypted control communications. This exploit works by executing the payload with Microsoft PowerShell so will only work against Windows Vista or newer. Tested against Data Protector 9.0 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Mitigation:
Apply the patch provided by the vendor.