CVE-2018-1234 Information disclosure in RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS

Medium 5.5 Published 30 Mar 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Local attackers can read sensitive configuration properties due to insufficient ACL permissions on a Windows Named Pipe in RSA Authentication Agent.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-1234?

CVE-2018-1234 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS, published on 30 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

RSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for IIS is affected by a problem where access control list (ACL) permissions on a Windows Named Pipe were not sufficient to prevent access by unauthorized users. The attacker with local access to the system can exploit this vulnerability to read configuration properties for the authentication agent.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1234?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rsa Authentication Agent for Web.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1234?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1234 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-34m7-5gf2-rcmj.