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CVE-2012-3259
published 2012-09-25

CVE-2012-3259: Unspecified vulnerability in a SOAP feature in HP SiteScope 11.10 through 11.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka…

PriorityP267critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
60.22%
99.0th percentile
Unspecified vulnerability in a SOAP feature in HP SiteScope 11.10 through 11.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1461.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
hpsitescope——
hpsitescope——
hpsitescope——

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/APIBSMIntegrationImpl
snort
alert http any any -> [$HOME_NET,$HTTP_SERVERS] any (msg:"ET EXPLOIT HP SiteScope SOAP Call RCE Attempt Inbound (CVE-2012-3259)"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; content:"/APIBSMIntegrationImpl"; fast_pattern; http.request_body; content:""; content:"|7c|"; within:50; reference:cve,2012-3259; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2061825; rev:1; metadata:attack_target Server, created_at 2025_04_23, cve CVE_2012_3259, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, updated_at 2025_04_23, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)
bytes
|7c|
  • →Exploit traffic targets HTTP POST requests to the /APIBSMIntegrationImpl URI, indicating abuse of the HP SiteScope SOAP/BSM Integration endpoint.
  • →The request body contains a SOAP envelope element followed by a pipe byte (0x7c) within 50 bytes — this combination is the key payload pattern to match.
  • →Detection should be deployed at both the Perimeter and Internal network boundaries, targeting inbound traffic to servers (dest_ip).
  • ·The vulnerability details are described as 'unspecified' with 'unknown vectors', limiting the ability to craft additional detection logic beyond the known SOAP endpoint and payload pattern. ↗
  • ·The Snort/Suricata rule (SID 2061825) was created and updated on 2025-04-23; ensure your ET ruleset is current to include this signature.
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