Privilege escalation in Privileged Access Manager - CVE-2018-9025
Published: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13348
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9025
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CA Technologies
Affected software:
Privileged Access Manager
Privileged Access Manager
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient input validation on the login page. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted input, bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges and poison a log file.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9025
Update to version 3.0.0 or later.