CVE-2024-7720
Published: 27 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-7720 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Hp Security Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
HP Security Manager contains a remote code execution vulnerability stemming from flaws in the product's bundled open-source libraries. The issue is tracked as CVE-2024-7720, carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, and is associated with CWE-94 (improper control of code generation). The vulnerability was published on 2024-08-27.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit the flaw without user interaction or credentials. Successful exploitation grants the ability to execute arbitrary code, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
HP has published an advisory at https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_11074404-11074432-16/ that addresses the vulnerability. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0624 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48598
Vulnerability details
HP Security Manager is potentially vulnerable to Remote Code Execution as a result of code vulnerability within the product's solution open-source libraries.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.