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Title : BMC Performance Manager Configuration Manipulation and Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1458
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1972
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-18

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A vulnerability has been identified in BMC Performance Manager, which could be exploited by attackers to potentially take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by an error in the "PatrolAgent.exe" service (port 3181/TCP) that allows the modification of configuration files without authentication, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the "masterAgentName" and "masterAgentStartLine" parameters in SNMP communities definitions [...]

Solution

Apply patches :
https://webapps.bmc.com/signon/content/logon.jsp

Credits

Vulnerability reported by ZDI

ChangeLog

2007-04-18 : Initial release

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