| Title | Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 - Remote Code Execution |
|---|---|
| Author | ritikchaddha |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the affected system, potentially leading to complete system compromise, data theft, or further network exploitation. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to a patched version of Quest KACE System Management Appliance or apply the necessary security patches provided by Quest Software. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.92008 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2018-11138 |
| CWE ID | CWE-78 |
| Fofa Query | icon_hash="-463230636" |
| Tags | cve cve2018 quest kace rce kev passive vkev vuln |
The ‘/common/download_agent_installer.php’ script in the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 is accessible by anonymous users and can be abused to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:1.9.5.20) Gecko/ Firefox/13.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
🔗 Nuclei Template: https://github.com/packetinside/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-11138.yaml
🦈 Packet Capture: ⬇️ Download cve-2018-11138.pcap
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