CVE-2018-15782 DSA-2018-226: RSA® Authentication Manager Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability
A local attacker can exploit a path traversal in Quick Setup via a crafted license to gain unauthorized access to the RSA Authentication Manager system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-15782?
CVE-2018-15782 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell RSA Authentication Manager, published on 16 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Quick Setup component of RSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 is vulnerable to a relative path traversal vulnerability. A local attacker could potentially provide an administrator with a crafted license that if used during the quick setup deployment of the initial RSA Authentication Manager system, could allow the attacker unauthorized access to that system.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15782?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rsa Authentication Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15782?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-15782 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15782 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell RSA Authentication Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr24-c5p3-2hmr.