HP Integrated Lights-Out Improper Access Control (CVE-2017-12542)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 504412

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A authentication bypass and execution of code vulnerability in HPE Integrated Lights-out 4 (iLO 4) version prior to 2.53 was found.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 504412

File Name: tenable_ot_hp_CVE-2017-12542.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12542

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:hp:integrated_lights-out_4_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/HP

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12542

Detections

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