CVE-2020-7205 Security feature bypass in HP Intelligent Provisioning
Local attackers can bypass Secure Boot to execute arbitrary code during boot on HPE servers via GRUB2 vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7205?
CVE-2020-7205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Intelligent Provisioning, published on 30 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Intelligent Provisioning, Service Pack for ProLiant, and HPE Scripting ToolKit. The vulnerability could be locally exploited to allow arbitrary code execution during the boot process. **Note:** This vulnerability is related to using insmod in GRUB2 in the specific impacted HPE product and HPE is addressing this issue. HPE has made the following software updates and mitigation information to resolve the vulnerability in Intelligent Provisioning, Service Pack for ProLiant, and HPE Scripting ToolKit. HPE provided latest Intelligent Provisioning, Service Pack for ProLiant, and HPE Scripting Toolkit which includes the GRUB2 patch to resolve this vulnerability. These new boot images will update GRUB2 and the Forbidden Signature Database (DBX). After the DBX is updated, users will not be able to boot to the older IP, SPP or Scripting ToolKit with Secure Boot enabled. HPE have provided a standalone DBX update tool to work with Microsoft Windows, and supported Linux Operating Systems. These tools can be used to update the Forbidden Signature Database (DBX) from within the OS. **Note:** This DBX update mitigates the GRUB2 issue with insmod enabled, and the "Boot Hole" issue for HPE signed GRUB2 applications.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7205?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Hpe Intelligent Provisioning, Hpe Service Pack for Proliant, Hpe Smartstart Scripting Toolkit.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7205?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-7205 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7205 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HP Intelligent Provisioning
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9j98-c4pq-wvqj.