PT-2018-10328 · Quest · Quest Kace System Management Appliance

Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2018-06-28 · CVE-2018-11137

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Description The issue allows for the reading of arbitrary files with 'www' privileges via Directory Traversal in the '/common/download attachment.php' script. This can be achieved by abusing the checksum parameter. No administrator privileges are required to execute the script.

Recommendations For Quest KACE System Management Appliance version 8.0.318, consider restricting access to the '/common/download attachment.php' script until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the checksum parameter in the affected script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11137

Affected Products

Quest Kace System Management Appliance

References · 3

• 🔥 https://coresecurity.com/advisories/quest-kace-system-management-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11137 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11137 · Vendor Advisory