CVE-2016-4372 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting multiple HPE Intelligent Management Center (iMC) products, including Platform, EAD, APM, NTA, BIMS, and UAM_TAM, all before specific 7.2 patch levels. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by submitting a crafted serialized Java object, leveraging a weakness in the Apache Commons Collections library. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center_application_performance_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center_branch_intelligent_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center_endpoint_admission_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center_network_traffic_analyzer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:intelligent_management_center_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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