PT-2018-14312 · Nomachine · Nomachine

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2018-10-15 · Updated 2019-01-22 · CVE-2018-17980

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NoMachine versions prior to 5.3.27 NoMachine versions 6.x prior to 6.3.6

Description The issue allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file. This can be executed when the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory. The directory could be on a local filesystem or a network share.

Recommendations For NoMachine versions prior to 5.3.27, update to version 5.3.27 or later. For NoMachine versions 6.x prior to 6.3.6, update to version 6.3.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17980

Affected Products

Nomachine

References · 6

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45611 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17980 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17980 · Security Note
• https://nomachine.com/TR10P08887 · Vendor Advisory