# CVE-2018-11063: Privilege escalation in Wyse Management Suite

> A low-privileged local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges due to unquoted service paths in Dell Wyse Management Suite.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q55h-fqrf-q889

## What is CVE-2018-11063?

CVE-2018-11063 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 10 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell WMS versions 1.1 and prior are impacted by multiple unquoted service path vulnerabilities. Affected software installs multiple services incorrectly by specifying the paths to the service executables without quotes. This could potentially allow a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary executables with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11063?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Wyse Management Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11063?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11063 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11063 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Wyse Management Suite

- [CVE-2026-41120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41120/): Deserialization in Wyse Management Suite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36336/): Deserialization in Wyse Management Suite (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-44272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44272/): SQL injection in Wyse Management Suite (WMS) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-22765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22765/): Missing authorization in Wyse Management Suite (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-46754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46754/): Missing authorization in Wyse Management Suite (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11063 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11063 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite, published on 10 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Wyse Management Suite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11063/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11063/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11063
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11063
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11063

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