SB2018030601 - Privilege escalation in Sophos UTM
Published: March 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030601
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can access the 'confd' service via the localhost interface to obtain a session token and then use the session token to submit a specially crafted request via the network to '/webadmin.plx' to set the root password.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.