# CVE-2018-13341: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers with regular user privileges can calculate sudo passwords to execute hidden API calls and escape the sandbox with elevated privileges.

- **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:** 10 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h2g2-jr6r-r36p

## What is CVE-2018-13341?

CVE-2018-13341 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Crestron TSW-X60 all versions prior to 2.001.0037.001 and MC3 all versions prior to 1.502.0047.00, The passwords for special sudo accounts may be calculated using information accessible to those with regular user privileges. Attackers could decipher these passwords, which may allow them to execute hidden API calls and escape the CTP console sandbox environment with elevated privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13341?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Crestron Mc3 Firmware, Crestron Tsw-X60 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-13341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-13341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Tool to exploit CVE-2018-13341 and recover hidden account password on Crestron devices (github_poc): https://github.com/axcheron/crestron_getsudopwd
- This Tool Aims to Exploit the CVE-2018-13341 (github_poc): https://github.com/RajChowdhury240/CVE-2018-13341

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-10630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10630/): Auth bypass in Crestron TSW-X60 version prior to 2.001.0037.001 and MC3 version prior to 1.502.0047.001 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-13341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-13341 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Aug 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-2018-13341 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-2018-13341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13341

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