CVE-2018-11053

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11053
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-26 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-10 12:46:00 UTC
DescriptionDell EMC iDRAC Service Module for all supported Linux and XenServer versions v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.1.0, v3.2.0, when started, changes the default file permission of the hosts file of the host operating system (/etc/hosts) to world writable. A malicious low privileged operating system user or process could modify the host file and potentially redirect traffic from the intended destination to sites hosting malicious or unwanted content.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Operating System Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Operating System Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.0.1 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.0.2 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.1.0 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.2.0 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.0.1 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.0.2 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.1.0 All All All
Application Dell Emc Idrac Service Module 3.2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
iSM: Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module Improper File Permission Vulnerability | Dell US MISC www.dell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module CVE-2018-11053 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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