CVE-2017-18001

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18001
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-31 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionTrustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Trustwave Secure Web Gateway All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SWG vulnerability version 11.8 and earlier | Trustwave MISC www.trustwave.com Vendor Advisory
SSD Advisory – Trustwave SWG Unauthorized Access - SSD Secure Disclosure MISC blogs.securiteam.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: SSD Advisory – Trustwave SWG Unauthorized Access MISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Trustwave SWG 11.8.0.27 - SSH Unauthorized Access EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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