CVE-2017-8974 — A Local Authentication Restriction Bypass vulnerability in HPE NonStop Server ve

A Local Authentication Restriction Bypass vulnerability in HPE NonStop Server version L-Series: T6533L01 through T6533L01^ADN; J-Series and H-series: T6533H02 through T6533H04^ADF and T6533H05 through T6533H05^ADL was found.

01What is this vulnerability?

A Local Authentication Restriction Bypass vulnerability in HPE NonStop Server version L-Series: T6533L01 through T6533L01^ADN; J-Series and H-series: T6533H02 through T6533H04^ADF and T6533H05 through T6533H05^ADL was found.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise	NonStop Server	L-Series: T6533L01 through T6533L01^ADN, J-Series and H-series: T6533H02 through T6533H04^ADF and T6533H05 through T6533H05^ADL

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-02-15T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T23:01:06.058Z

09References

• support.hpe.com — https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbns03804en_us
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102530