PT-2018-10334 · Quest · Quest Kace System Management Appliance

Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-11142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows an anonymous user to bypass restrictions and execute critical functions without authorization by modifying the Host and X Forwarded For HTTP headers in a POST request to the "systemui/settings network.php" and "systemui/settings patching.php" scripts.

Recommendations For Quest KACE System Management Appliance version 8.0.318, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "systemui/settings network.php" and "systemui/settings patching.php" scripts to prevent unauthorized execution of critical functions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11142

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-2018-11142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11142 · Security Note