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TITLE:
HP Mercury LoadRunner Agent Command Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39722

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39722/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in HP Mercury LoadRunner Agent,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in
magentproc.exe, which can be exploited to execute local commands with
SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted packet to port
54345/TCP.

The vulnerability is reported in HP LoadRunner Agent running on
Windows, supplied with LoadRunner prior to v9.50.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 9.50 and enable the "Secure Channel" feature.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tenable Network Security, reported via ZDI.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HP (HPSBMA02201 SSRT071328):
https://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c00912968

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-080/

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