CVE-2018-5406 The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance misconfigures the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism.
Remote attackers can exploit misconfigured CORS to add admin accounts or change settings on Quest Kace K1000 appliances.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5406?
CVE-2018-5406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, published on 3 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows a remote attacker to exploit the misconfigured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. A malicious internal user could also gain administrator privileges of this appliance and use it to visit a malicious link that exploits this vulnerability. This could cause the application to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could add an administrator-level account or change the appliance's settings.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5406?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-5406 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5406 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w47r-hmfw-c2px.