CVE-2018-11049 RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability
Local authenticated attackers can trick root into executing malicious code via uncontrolled search paths in installation scripts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11049?
CVE-2018-11049 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Operations Manager, published on 11 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance, and RSA IMG releases have an uncontrolled search vulnerability. The installation scripts set an environment variable in an unintended manner. A local authenticated malicious user could trick the root user to run malicious code on the targeted system.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11049?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Emc Rsa Identity Governance and Lifecycle, Emc Rsa Identity Management and Governance, Rsa Rsa via Lifecycle and Governance.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11049?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-11049 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11049 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Operations Manager
- CVE-2018-1245 Authorization ByPass Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-1182 Privilege escalation in EMC RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle versions 7.0.1, 7.0.2, all patch levels (hardware appliance and software bundle deployments only); RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance version 7.0, all patch levels (hardware appliance and software bundle deployments only); RSA Identity Management & Governance (RSA IMG) versions 6.9.0, 6.9.1, all patch levels (hardware appliance and software bundle deployments only)
- CVE-2017-8004 File upload in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle, RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance, RSA Identity Management and Governance (RSA IMG)
- CVE-2018-1255 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2017-5003 Cross-site scripting in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle versions 7.0.1, 7.0.2, all patch levels, RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance version 7.0, all patch levels, RSA Identity Management and Governance (RSA IMG) versions 6.9.1, all patch levels
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw48-2qx8-7cxx.