Short Name |
APP:MISC:HP-MERCURY-BOF |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
HP Mercury Agent Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2007/03/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in multiple HP Mercury products. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the server.
Multiple Mercury products are prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications fail to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code wtih the privileges of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial of service.