CVE-2010-0450

Vulnerability

HP SOA Registry Foundation versions 6.63 and 6.64 running on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows contain an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. The exact nature of the flaw is not disclosed, but it allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via unknown vectors [1].

Exploitation

An attacker must have network access to the affected system and valid authentication credentials. With these prerequisites, the attacker can exploit the vulnerability through unspecified vectors to escalate their privileges [1]. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N) indicates low attack complexity and no user interaction required beyond authentication [1].

Impact

Successful exploitation results in high confidentiality and integrity impact, meaning the attacker can read and modify sensitive data within the SOA Registry Foundation. Availability is not affected. The attacker gains elevated privileges, potentially leading to full control over the registry data [1].

Mitigation

HP has released a security bulletin (HPSBMA02490, SSRT090222 rev.1) with a fix for this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate patch from HP as soon as possible [1]. No workarounds are documented in the available references.