CVE-2018-17980

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is executed. (The directory could, in general, be on a local filesystem or a network share.).

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.nomachine.com/TR10P08887	Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nomachine:nomachine::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nomachine:nomachine::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-10-15 12:29

Updated : 2019-01-22 13:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-17980

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17980

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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Products Affected

nomachine

nomachine

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