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 injection vulnerability exists within this message queue which allows low-privilege users to append arbitrary commands that will be run as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.180 (97.2th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-11132: held from 0.183 to 0.180.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.183 · newest: 0.180 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.