CVE-2018-5406in critical feed1 exploit
The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance misconfigures the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
12.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-46956 KACE System Management Appliance (SMA) < 9.0.270 - Multiple Vulnerabilities · webapps · 2019-06-03
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Quest Kace K1000 Appliance
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
- kb.cert.org /vuls/id/877837/ · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
- support.quest.com /kb/288310/cert-coordination-center-report-update · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/153150/Dell-KACE-System-Management-Appliance-SMA-XSS-SQL-Injection.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5406
- NVD: CVE-2018-5406
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