CVE-2018-12237 Command injection in Symantec Reporter
An authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated privileges via the Symantec Reporter CLI.
- 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-2018-12237?
CVE-2018-12237 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Symantec Reporter, published on 24 Jan 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Symantec Reporter CLI 10.1 prior to 10.1.5.6 and 10.2 prior to 10.2.1.8 is susceptible to an OS command injection vulnerability. An authenticated malicious administrator with Enable mode access can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated system privileges.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12237?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Reporter.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12237?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12237 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2018-12237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9696-8p87-q8wc.