SB2018101709 - Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Secure Remote Services

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11079)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the system stores plaintext passwords in a configuration file. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges.

2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11080)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the system includes several configuration files with world-readable permissions. A local attacker can modify the contents to gain elevated privileges.

3) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15765)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the system stores potentially sensitive information as log file contents. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/35