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CVE-2020-7207 — Hp Apollo 2000 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.2

A local elevation of privilege using physical access security vulnerability was found in HPE Proliant Gen10 Servers using Intel Innovation Engine (IE). This attack requires a physical attack to the server motherboard. To mitigate this issue, ensure your server is always physically secured. HPE will not address this issue in the impacted Gen 10 servers listed. HPE recommends using appropriate physical security methods as a compensating control to disallow an attacker from having physical access to the server main circuit board.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.2 (2.0)
Published
2020-11-05
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system

Affected products

  • hp / apollo_2000_firmware
  • hp / apollo_4200_gen10_firmware
  • hp / apollo_4500_firmware
  • hp / proliant_xl230k_gen10_firmware
  • hp / proliant_xl270d_gen10_firmware
  • hp / proliant_bl460c_gen10_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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