PT-2018-17522 · Nsclient · Nos Client

Published 2018-01-31 · Updated 2019-03-06 · CVE-2018-6384

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NSClient++ versions prior to 0.4.1.73

Description The issue allows non-privileged local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. This can be achieved by placing a malicious program.exe executable in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder, exploiting an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.4.1.73, update to version 0.4.1.73 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6384

Affected Products

Nos Client

References · 4

• 🔥 https://on-x.com/sites/default/files/on-x_-_security_advisory_-_nsclient_-_cve-2018-6384.pdf · Exploit
• https://nsclient.org/blog/2018/01/30/CVE-2018-6384-0.3.9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6384 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6384 · Vendor Advisory