CVE-2019-11987 — A security vulnerability in HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) prior to v8

A security vulnerability in HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) prior to v8.4 could allow local unauthorized elevation of privilege.

01What is this vulnerability?

A security vulnerability in HPE Smart Update Manager (SUM) prior to v8.4 could allow local unauthorized elevation of privilege.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / HPE Smart Update Manager	prior to v8.4

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: 2019-06-05T17:52:32.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:10:29.983Z

09References

• support.hpe.com — https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpe…