# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 May 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5w3x-gfw2-fm64

## 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 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11134?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2018-11138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11138/): Quest KACE System Management Appliance Remote Command Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-11136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11136/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11140/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11141/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11132/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11134 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11134 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2018-11134/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11134/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11134
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11134
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11134

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11134/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.