CVE-2018-11061 Code injection in RSA NetWitness

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via server-side template injection in RSA NetWitness.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-11061?

CVE-2018-11061 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Dell EMC RSA NetWitness, published on 24 Aug 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

RSA NetWitness Platform versions prior to 11.1.0.2 and RSA Security Analytics versions prior to 10.6.6 are vulnerable to a server-side template injection vulnerability due to insecure configuration of the template engine used in the product. A remote authenticated malicious RSA NetWitness Server user with an Admin or Operator role could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the server with root privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11061?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Emc Rsa Netwitness, Emc Rsa Security Analytics.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-11061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4929-rh5q-fh45.

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