CVE-2010-2703
Stack-based buffer overflow in the execvp_nc function in the ov.dll module in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.51 and 7.53,…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 69.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the execvp_nc function in the ov.dll module in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.51 and 7.53, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP request to webappmon.exe.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager execvp_nc Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/hp_nnm_webappmon_execvpRank greatdisclosed 20 Jul 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- HP Network Node Manager (NMM) - CGI 'webappmon.exe execvp' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17030remote, windowspublished 23 Mar 2011Verified
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) - 'webappmon.exe execvp_nc' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14916dos, windowspublished 6 Sept 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14916 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 69.7% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (10 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
12
- ADV-2010-1866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 14916 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 66514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 41829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20100721 VUPEN Security Research - HP OpenView Network Node Manager "ov.dll" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2704) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SSRT100025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20100727 CVE number confusion in HP OV NNM products (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- 40686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1024224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 8161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20100721 ZDI-10-137: Hewlett-Packard OpenView NNM webappmon.exe execvp_nc Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2010-2707 (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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