Rule: 

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Sid: 
8086

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Summary: 
This event is generated when an attempt is made to execute a UNIX command via a known vulnerability in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM).

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Impact: 
Serious. This is a command execution attempt.

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Detailed Information:
HP OpenView NNM suffers from poor programming that fails to properly check user supplied data to a number of scripts. This may be exploited easily by an attacker to run commands on an affected system.

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Affected Systems:
HP OpenView NNM 6.2
HP OpenView NNM 6.4
HP OpenView NNM 7.01
HP OpenView NNM 7.5

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Attack Scenarios: 
An attacker can include various metacharacters in parameters sent to the application which will then allow the attacker to execute system commands.

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Ease of Attack: 
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action: 
Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team

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Additional References:


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