What is CVE-2018-11132?

CVE-2018-11132 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace_system_management_appliance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-11132?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Quest Kace_system_management_appliance

CVE-2018-11132

In order to perform actions that require higher privileges, the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 relies on a message queue that runs daemonized with root privileges and only allows a set of commands to be executed. A command…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.183 (96.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Quest Kace_system_management_appliance — versions 8.0.318
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11132?: CVE-2018-11132 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace_system_management_appliance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-11132?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.