What is CVE-2018-11137?

CVE-2018-11137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace System Management Appliance, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-11137?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Quest Kace System Management Appliance

CVE-2018-11137

The 'checksum' parameter of the '/common/download_attachment.php' script in the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 can be abused to read arbitrary files with 'www' privileges via Directory Traversal. No administrator privileges are needed to execute this script.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.059 (92.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11137?: CVE-2018-11137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace System Management Appliance, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-11137?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.