OS command injection in vSphere Data Protection - CVE-2018-11066
Published: November 21, 2018 / Updated: November 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15988
CSH Severity: High
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:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11066
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vSphere Data Protection
vSphere Data Protection
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11066
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 6.0.9, 6.1.10.