CVE-2018-11134 Privilege escalation in n/a
A low-privilege user can escalate privileges to root by changing the password of a disabled but privileged account via a message queue command.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11134?
CVE-2018-11134 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In order to perform actions that requires higher privileges, the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 relies on a message queue managed that runs with root privileges and only allows a set of commands. One of the available commands allows changing any user's password (including root). A low-privilege user could abuse this feature by changing the password of the 'kace_support' account, which comes disabled by default but has full sudo privileges.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11134?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quest Kace System Management Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11134?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11134 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-11134 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11134 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5w3x-gfw2-fm64.