Improper Privilege Management in freeSSHd - CVE-2018-9853
Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36930
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9853
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Insecure access control in freeSSHd version 1.3.1 allows attackers to obtain the privileges of the freesshd.exe process by leveraging the ability to login to an unprivileged account on the server.
Affected software
freeSSHd
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9853
Install update from vendor's website.