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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-8961

HP intelligent_management_center Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Aug 15, 2024 · catalog updated Aug 15, 2024 · HP

Patch now

CVE-2017-8961 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm HP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
19.06%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor HP intelligent_management_center

A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) PLAT 7.3 E0504P02 could allow remote code execution.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor HP intelligent_management_centerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-8961

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-8961 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm HP against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 19.06%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) PLAT 7.3 E0504P02 could allow remote code execution.

  2. Aug 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-8961

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-8961

    30-day exploitation probability 19.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-8961

    A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) PLAT 7.3 E0504P02 could allow remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.