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  "id": "crds:cve-2017-12542",
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  "title": "Integrated Lights-Out — Authentication Bypass on the Management Processor",
  "summary": "The out-of-band management processor built into many servers can be reached without credentials, giving an attacker control of the machine below the operating system.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
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    "vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.0"
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    "attack_complexity": "low",
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  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Update the management firmware past 2.53, and put management interfaces on a network of their own.",
  "confidence": "medium",
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      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03769en_us"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44005/"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100467"
    },
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      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039222"
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  "published_at": "2018-02-15T22:29:04.263Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T17:04:30.741Z",
  "tags": [
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    "baseboard-management",
    "authentication"
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}