CVE-2018-5405

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5405
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-03 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows an authenticated least privileged user with 'User Console Only' rights to potentially inject arbitrary JavaScript code on the tickets page. Script execution could allow a malicious user of the system to steal session cookies of other users including Administrator and take over their session. This can further be exploited to launch other attacks. The software also does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other user. An authenticated user with 'user console only' rights may inject arbitrary JavaScript, which could result in an attacker taking over a session of others, including an Administrator.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance - All All All
Hardware Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance - All All All
Operating System Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware All All All All
Operating System Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT Coordination Center report update (288310) CONFIRM support.quest.com Vendor Advisory
Dell KACE System Management Appliance (SMA) XSS / SQL Injection ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
VU#877837 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Quest Kace System Management Appliance CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Thanks to Kapil Khot for reporting this vulnerability.

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