CVE-2009-3843
HP Operations Manager 8.10 on Windows contains a "hidden account" in the XML file that specifies Tomcat users, which allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 79.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
HP Operations Manager 8.10 on Windows contains a "hidden account" in the XML file that specifies Tomcat users, which allows remote attackers to conduct unrestricted file upload attacks, and thereby execute arbitrary code, by using the org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet class to make requests to manager/html/upload.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules3 modules
- Apache Tomcat Manager Application Deployer Authenticated Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_deployRank excellentdisclosed 9 Nov 2009
- Apache Tomcat Manager Authenticated Upload Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_uploadRank excellentdisclosed 9 Nov 2009
- Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_loginRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Tomcat Manager - Application Deployer (Authenticated) Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16317remote, multiplepublished 14 Dec 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By hp
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.0% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- HPSBMA02478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-085/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- operations-manager-unspecified-sec-bypass(54361) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1023222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 37444 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3814 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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