Quest KACE System Management Virtual Appliance 8.0.318 /adminui/advisory.php IMAGES_JSON/attachments_to_remove path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Quest KACE System Management Virtual Appliance 8.0.318. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /adminui/advisory.php. Such manipulation of the argument IMAGES_JSON/attachments_to_remove leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-11141. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Quest KACE System Management Virtual Appliance 8.0.318 (Endpoint Management Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file /adminui/advisory.php. The manipulation of the argument IMAGES_JSON/attachments_to_remove with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The 'IMAGES_JSON' and 'attachments_to_remove[]' parameters of the '/adminui/advisory.php' script in the Quest KACE System Management Virtual Appliance 8.0.318 can be abused to write and delete files respectively via Directory Traversal. Files can be at any location where the 'www' user has write permissions.

The bug was discovered 05/31/2018. The weakness was published 05/31/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at coresecurity.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11141 since 05/15/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

By approaching the search of inurl:adminui/advisory.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13151 (Quest KACE System Management Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-118451, VDB-118452, VDB-118453 and VDB-118454. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Endpoint Management Software

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• Quest

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• KACE System Management Virtual Appliance

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• 8.0.318

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.quest.com/

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