Title: HP OpenView Hidden SNMP Community Unauthorized Access Weakness
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
It has been reported that a hidden SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) community string exists in HP OpenView systems. This community string may allow access to some SNMP variables.
A remote attacker may be able to exploit this weakness to obtain unauthorized access to certain SNMP variables. This may result in the attacker obtaining information about network topology as well as modify MIB (Management Information Base) variables.
This vulnerability was reported for HP OpenView 5.02 systems.
Affected Products:
- HP OpenView Emanate SNMP Agent 14.2.0 HP-UX 10.20
- HP OpenView Emanate SNMP Agent 14.2.0 HP-UX 11.X
- HP OpenView Emanate SNMP Agent 14.2.0 HP-UX 9.X
- HP OpenView Emanate SNMP Agent 14.2.0 Solaris 2.X
- HP OpenView Extensible SNMP Agent 4.0.0
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