CVE-2009-3843

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 79.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

HP Operations Manager: 8.10

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125873415424980&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/37444
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023222
http://www.osvdb.org/60317
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-085/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54361
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125873415424980&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/37444
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023222
http://www.osvdb.org/60317
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-085/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54361

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