SB2018061206 - Privilege escalation in Crestron DGE-100



SB2018061206 - Privilege escalation in Crestron DGE-100

Published: June 12, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018061206
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) OS command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5553)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain root privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to incorrect processing of the user’s input data in the certain parameter. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.