CVE-2018-12591 Command injection in n/a
An attacker with admin access can escape the restricted CLI to execute arbitrary shell commands, achieving higher privileges than intended.
- 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-2018-12591?
CVE-2018-12591 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an improperly neutralized element in an OS command due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed. An attacker with access to an admin account could escape the restricted CLI and execute arbitrary shell instructions.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12591?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ubnt Edgeswitch Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12591?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12591 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-2018-12591 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12591 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgf5-hhmw-4j7g.