CVE-2018-10239 Privilege escalation in n/a
A locally authenticated administrator can escalate privileges to super user scope via a weakness in the support access password generation algorithm.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10239?
CVE-2018-10239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the "support access" feature on Infoblox NIOS 6.8 through 8.4.1 could allow a locally authenticated administrator to temporarily gain additional privileges on an affected device and perform actions within the super user scope. The vulnerability is due to a weakness in the "support access" password generation algorithm. A locally authenticated administrative user may be able to exploit this vulnerability if the "support access" feature is enabled, they know the support access code for the current session, and they know the algorithm to generate the support access password from the support access code. "Support access" is disabled by default. When enabled, the access will be automatically disabled (and support access code will expire) after the 24 hours.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10239?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Infoblox Nios.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10239?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10239 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-10239 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10239 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5x64-6cf8-m3mw.