# CVE-2017-12543: Information disclosure in Integrated Lights-Out 4

> Remote attackers can disclose sensitive information from HPE iLO management interfaces, requiring firmware updates to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qwh9-2cm6-p4rq

## What is CVE-2017-12543?

CVE-2017-12543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 4, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote disclosure of information vulnerability in Moonshot Remote Console Administrator Prior to 2.50, iLO4 prior to v2.53, iLO3 prior to v1.89 and iLO2 prior to v2.30 was found.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12543?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Hp Integrated Lights-Out 2 Firmware, Hp Integrated Lights-Out 3 Firmware, Hp Integrated Lights-Out 4 Firmware, Hp Moonshot Remote Console Administrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12543?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12543 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 4

- [CVE-2014-7876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7876/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-8979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8979/): Auth bypass in Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-2601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2601/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-2106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2106/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2018-7112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7112/): Information disclosure in Windows firmware installer for Gen9, Gen8, G7,and G6 HPE servers (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12543 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 4, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 4. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12543/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12543/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12543
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12543
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12543

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12543/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.