Privilege escalation in Cobbler - CVE-2018-10931
Published: August 20, 2018 / Updated: August 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14482
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10931
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cobbler project
Affected software:
Cobbler
Cobbler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to exposure of all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote unauthenticated attacker can gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10931
Install update from vendor's website.