What is CVE-2018-19648?

CVE-2018-19648 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adtran Pmaa, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-19648?

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

Privilege escalation in Adtran Pmaa

CVE-2018-19648

An issue was discovered in ADTRAN PMAA 1.6.2-1, 1.6.3, and 1.6.4. NETCONF Access Management (NACM) allows unprivileged users to create privileged users and execute arbitrary commands via the use of the diagnostic-profile over RESTCONF.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th 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

Adtran Pmaa — versions 1.6.2, 1.6.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19648?: CVE-2018-19648 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adtran Pmaa, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-19648?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.