CVE-2017-12542

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

CVSS v3.0

10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

99.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Nuclei

critical

Published

2018-02-15

Updated

2024-09-17

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• afkfr0mkeyb0ard/CustomKaliSetup0★ · 2026-06-17
• skelsec/CVE-2017-1254290★ · 2018-04-15
• Gill-Singh-A/CVE-2017-12542-Exploit

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-12542.yaml

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/hp/hp_ilo_create_admin_ac…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44005

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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