CVE-2018-11134

In order to perform actions that requires higher privileges, the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 relies on a message queue managed that runs with root privileges and only allows a set of commands. One of the available commands allows changing any user's password (including root). A low-privilege user could abuse this feature by changing the password of the 'kace_support' account, which comes disabled by default but has full sudo privileges.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/quest-kace-system-management-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_system_management_appliance:8.0.318:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-05-31 18:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-11134

Mitre link : CVE-2018-11134

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-11134

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Products Affected

quest

kace_system_management_appliance

CWE

CWE-640

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

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