OS command injection in vSphere Data Protection - CVE-2018-11076
Published: November 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15990
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11076
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 administrative attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the 'getlogs' troubleshooting utility in VDP due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary shell commands under root privilege.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11076
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 6.0.9, 6.1.9.