PT-2018-10325 · Quest · Quest Kace System Management Appliance

Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2018-06-29 · CVE-2018-11134

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Quest KACE System Management Appliance version 8.0.318

Description The issue allows a low-privilege user to change the password of any user, including the 'kace support' account, which has full sudo privileges. This is possible due to a command in the message queue manager that runs with root privileges.

Recommendations For Quest KACE System Management Appliance version 8.0.318, consider disabling the kace support account or restricting its sudo privileges until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the message queue manager to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-640

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11134

Affected Products

Quest Kace System Management Appliance

References · 3

• 🔥 https://coresecurity.com/advisories/quest-kace-system-management-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11134 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11134 · Security Note