Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU13346

#VU13346 Privilege escalation in Privileged Access Manager - CVE-2018-9023

Published: June 15, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13346

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-9023

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Privileged Access Manager

Software vendor:
CA Technologies

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the update_crld script. A remote attacker can gain root privileges and perform arbitrary actions.

Update to version 3.0.0 or later.