criticalREV. 01
CVE-2017-12542Integrated Lights-Out — Authentication Bypass on the Management Processor
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.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 10.0/ 10 CVSS v3.0
- EPSS probability
- 99% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Not listed
- CVE published
- 2018-02-15
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- medium
- Kill chain
- initial access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNetwork access to the management interface
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02Vendor advisorysupport.hpe.comsupport.hpe.com
- 03Exploitexploit-db.comexploit-db.com
- 04Writeupsecurityfocus.comsecurityfocus.com
- 05Writeupsecuritytracker.comsecuritytracker.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.