Vulnerability in Ledgersmb

CVE-2018-9246

The PGObject::Util::DBAdmin module before 0.120.0 for Perl, as used in LedgerSMB through 1.5.x, insufficiently sanitizes or escapes variable values used as part of shell command execution, resulting in shell code injection via the create(), run_file(), backup(), or restore() function. The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to execute code with the same privileges as the running application.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% 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-2018-9246: held from 0.026 to 0.026.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9246?
CVE-2018-9246 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ledgersmb, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-9246?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.