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CVE-2018-7112 — The HPE-provided Windows firmware installer for certain Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HP

The HPE-provided Windows firmware installer for certain Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers allows local disclosure of privileged information. This issue was resolved in previously provided firmware updates as follows. The HPE Windows firmware installer was updated in the system RO

CVSS
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EPSS
0.17% (top 62.00%)
CWE
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Published
2018-12-03T15:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T06:17:17.526Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

The HPE-provided Windows firmware installer for certain Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers allows local disclosure of privileged information. This issue was resolved in previously provided firmware updates as follows. The HPE Windows firmware installer was updated in the system ROM updates which also addressed the original Spectre/Meltdown set of vulnerabilities. At that time, the Windows firmware…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseWindows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE serversOnly the Windows based firmware installers for the following products. HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Firmware for ProLiant G6 Servers - Prior to v2.33, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) Firmware for ProLiant G7 Servers - Prior to v1.90, HPE Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO 4) Firmware for ProLiant Gen8 Server firmwares - Prior to v2.60, HPE ProLiant XL750f Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL740f Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL730f Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL450 Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL270d Gen9 Special Server - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL270d Gen9 Accelerator Tray 2U Configure-to-order Server - Prior to 2.56_01-22-2018(23 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL260a Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 1.60_01-22-2018(26 Feb 2018), HPE ProLiant XL250a Gen9 Server firmware - Prior to 2.56_01-22- ...[truncated*]

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

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

09References

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