CVE-2011-4162

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The (1) AddUser, (2) AddUserEx, (3) RemoveUser, (4) RemoveUserByGuide, (5) RemoveUserEx, and (6) RemoveUserRegardless methods in HP Protect Tools Device Access Manager (PTDAM) before 6.1.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a long SidString argument.

Affected products

HP Protecttools Device Access Manager: through 6.0.0.12; 6.0.0.9, 6.0.0.10

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132284686204608&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134152032516062&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71600
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/heap_memory_corruption_in_hp_device_access_manager_for_protect_tools_information_store.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132284686204608&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134152032516062&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71600
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/heap_memory_corruption_in_hp_device_access_manager_for_protect_tools_information_store.html

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