Privilege escalation in EMC Secure Remote Services - CVE-2018-11080
Published: October 16, 2018 / Updated: October 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15386
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11080
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
EMC Secure Remote Services
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11080
Update to version 3.32.00.08 or later.
EMC Secure Remote Services - update to 3.32.00.08