Privilege escalation in Privileged Access Manager - CVE-2018-9023
Published: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13346
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9023
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in the update_crld script. A remote attacker can gain root privileges and perform arbitrary actions.
Affected software
Privileged Access Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9023
Update to version 3.0.0 or later.
Privileged Access Manager - update to 3.0.0