Vulnerability in Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance

CVE-2018-5406

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows a remote attacker to exploit the misconfigured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. A malicious internal user could also gain administrator privileges of this appliance and use it to visit a malicious link that exploits this vulnerability. This could cause the application to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could add an administrator-level account or change the appliance's settings.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.122 (96.0th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% 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-2018-5406: held from 0.122 to 0.122.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.122 · newest: 0.122 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5406?
CVE-2018-5406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-5406?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.