HP Operations Manager 8.10 on Windows contains a "hidden account" in the XML file that…
Priority HIGH 83CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
HP Operations Manager 8.10 on Windows contains a "hidden account" in the XML file that specifies Tomcat users, which allows remote attackers to conduct unrestricted file upload attacks, and thereby execute arbitrary code, by using the org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet class to make requests to manager/html/upload.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.78968 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:operations_manager:8.10:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | 8.10 | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:operations_manager:8.10:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10 Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-3843
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcf2-959x-5ggc
References
More Hewlett Packard Enterprise Operations Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2009-03974 HP Operations Manager has a default password of OvW*busr1 for the ovwebusr account, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2009-02954 Unspecified vulnerability in HP OpenView Operations Manager 8.1 on Windows Server 2003… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2014-02131 Unspecified vulnerability in HP Operations Manager 9.10 and 9.11 on UNIX allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2010-00992 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in a certain Tetradyne ActiveX control in HP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2016-01818 HPE Operations Manager 8.x and 9.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2016-03755 The AdminUI in HPE Operations Manager (OM) before 9.21.130 on Linux, Unix, and Solaris… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2009-3843 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-3843 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vcf2-959x-5ggc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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