HP Poly VideoOS
CVE-2025-14432
HIGH
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain admin credentials to device/log
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DeliveryAdmin makes config change via Teams Admin Center
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ExploitSensitive data written to admin-only log
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ExecutionRead log file
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ImpactHarvest exposed configuration secrets
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A09:2025 - Security Logging & Alerting Failures
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Log data sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires all of: (1) the device is an HP Poly VideoOS or Poly TCOS endpoint managed in Teams mode; (2) an administrator makes device configuration changes specifically through Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC) - the flaw does NOT trigger for changes made via the provisioning server or the device WebUI; and (3) the observer holds admin credentials, since the affected log file is visible only to administrators. The disclosure only happens 'in limited scenarios' during such TAC-driven config changes (UI:A), and the pre-existing admin restriction on the log (PR:H) sharply limits who can access the leaked data. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but modest-priority information-disclosure issue whose real-world risk is well below what the 8.1 headline score suggests. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/SC:H) is inflated by VC:H+SC:H, but two strong limiting factors cut the practical risk: PR:H means only a user who already holds admin credentials can read the affected log, and UI:A means the disclosure only occurs as an active consequence of an admin performing device configuration changes through Microsoft Teams Admin Center. In other words, the party who could read the leaked data is already a privileged admin - this is primarily a data-hygiene/privilege-boundary concern (secrets landing in a log where a lower-tier admin or log-forwarding pipeline could read them) rather than a remote-takeover flaw. EPSS is low at 0.40% (32nd percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit, consistent with a low-automatability, precondition-heavy issue. Note a scope/labeling tension: the description frames the leak as limited ('in limited scenarios', 'admin-only log'), which sits awkwardly with the vendor's VC:H/SC:H - the impact rating likely assumes the logged secrets are credentials or config material for other systems (justifying subsequent-system impact), but this is not spelled out and should be verified against the HP advisory. The 'Microsoft' association is only because the device is a Teams endpoint managed via TAC; the affected product is HP Poly firmware, not a Microsoft product. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An operator with admin rights configures a Poly VideoOS/TCOS Teams device through Microsoft Teams Admin Center, and in limited scenarios the change causes sensitive configuration data to be written into a device log file. A second party with admin credentials - or an automated log-collection/SIEM pipeline that ingests that admin-only log - later reads the exposed data and reuses it. No public exploit code exists and the attack requires existing administrative access plus an admin-initiated configuration action. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Sensitive configuration data can be written into a local log file on HP Poly VideoOS and Poly TCOS endpoints when an administrator changes device settings through the Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC) interface. The exposure is narrow by design: the affected log is readable only by users holding administrator credentials, and the flaw does not trigger when the same configuration changes are made through the provisioning server or the device WebUI. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low (0.40%, 32nd percentile), but the CVSS 8.1 base score overstates operational risk - the prerequisite of administrator-level access to the log sharply constrains who could actually read the leaked data, consistent with our independent assessment of a modest-priority information-disclosure issue.
RemediationAI
Apply the Poly VideoOS and Poly TCOS firmware updates documented in HP security bulletin HPSBPY04080 (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13612310-13612332-16/hpsbpy04080), which is the authoritative source for the exact fixed build numbers; the available data does not provide a discrete patched version, so treat this as patch available per vendor advisory and validate the target build against the bulletin before deployment. Until endpoints are updated, the most direct compensating control is to perform device configuration changes through the provisioning server or the device WebUI instead of Microsoft Teams Admin Center, since the vendor confirms those paths do not trigger the defect - the trade-off is loss of centralized bulk management and the operational overhead of per-device or per-provisioning-profile changes. Additionally, restrict and audit who holds Poly/Teams administrator credentials, since the leaked log is only readable with admin rights, and promptly rotate any credentials or secrets that may have been captured during TAC-driven configuration changes. Where administrative access cannot be tightly limited, periodically review and purge the on-device log files so that disclosed values do not persist, accepting that this reduces forensic retention.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File): device firmware for HP Poly VideoOS and Poly TCOS logs the payload of configuration-change operations, and the code path exercised specifically by Microsoft Teams Admin Center provisioning fails to redact sensitive values before they are written. Because the affected products are collaboration endpoints managed in Microsoft Teams mode, the TAC-driven path is a distinct code branch from the provisioning-server and device-WebUI paths, which the vendor states are unaffected. The CPE entries cpe:2.3:o:hp:poly_videoos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and cpe:2.3:o:hp:poly_tcos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* use wildcard versions, so no precise vulnerable firmware range is published; the defect should be assumed present across firmware predating the fixes in HP bulletin HPSBPY04080. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N) and our 3.1 assessment (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) agree on the essentials: network-reachable attack surface, high privileges required, user interaction needed, and a confidentiality-only impact that crosses a scope boundary because the data lands in a separate log artifact rather than the configuration store itself.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
PR:H because only admins can read the log and an admin must trigger the write; UI:R for the required admin config action; S:C and C:H if logged secrets belong to other systems; no integrity/availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (hp).
CVSS VectorVendor: hp
DescriptionCVE.org
In limited scenarios, sensitive data might be written to the log file if an admin uses Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC) to make device configuration changes. The affected log file is visible only to users with admin credentials. This is limited to Microsoft TAC and does not affect configuration changes made using the provisioning server or the device WebUI.
Executive ViewAI
HP Poly video conferencing endpoints running VideoOS or TCOS may write sensitive configuration data to local logs when administrators change device settings through the Microsoft Teams Admin Center. The exposure is limited because only administrators can read the affected logs, and no public exploit has been identified. Given the privileged access prerequisite and low exploitation likelihood, leadership should prioritize monitoring administrative activity and consider alternative configuration channels to mitigate potential data disclosure.
Restrict log file access to essential administrators only; use provisioning server or device WebUI for configuration changes instead of Microsoft Teams Admin Center; monitor admin activity and log access for anomalies; implement additional logging and alerting for sensitive configuration changes.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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