# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wr24-c5p3-2hmr

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15782?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2018-1247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1247/): XML external entity in RSA Authentication Manager Security Console (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-1248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1248/): Open redirect in RSA Authentication Manager Security Console, Operation Console and Self-Service Console (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-0947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0947/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15782 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell RSA Authentication Manager. 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-2018-15782/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15782/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15782
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15782
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15782

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