Rule: --Sid: 8088-- Summary: This event is generated when an attempt is made to execute a UNIX command via a known vulnerability in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM).-- Impact: Serious. This is a command execution attempt.--Detailed Information:HP OpenView NNM suffers from poor programming that fails to properly check user supplied data to a number of scripts. This may be exploited easily by an attacker to run commands on an affected system.--Affected Systems:HP OpenView NNM 6.2HP OpenView NNM 6.4HP OpenView NNM 7.01HP OpenView NNM 7.5--Attack Scenarios: An attacker can include various metacharacters in parameters sent to the application which will then allow the attacker to execute system commands.-- Ease of Attack: Simple.-- False Positives:None known.--False Negatives:None known.-- Corrective Action: Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.--Contributors:Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team-- Additional References:--