CVE-2018-11049 RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability

High 7.3 Published Updated

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.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pw48-2qx8-7cxx.

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