VDB-128235 · CVE-2018-17246 · Nessus 118798

Kibana up to 5.6.12/6.4.2 Console Plugin Request command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Kibana up to 5.6.12/6.4.2. This affects an unknown function of the component Console Plugin. Performing a manipulation as part of Request results in command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17246. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kibana up to 5.6.12/6.4.2. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Console Plugin. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the Console plugin. An attacker with access to the Kibana Console API could send a request that will attempt to execute javascript code. This could possibly lead to an attacker executing arbitrary commands with permissions of the Kibana process on the host system.

The bug was discovered 11/06/2018. The weakness was published 12/20/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at elastic.co. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-17246 since 09/20/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118798 (Kibana ESA-2018-18), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13433 (Elastic Kibana Unauthorized Disclosure of Information (ESA-2018-17)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.13 or 6.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (118798) and SecurityFocus (BID 106285†). Similar entries are available at VDB-75175, VDB-102624, VDB-102623 and VDB-102625. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Kibana

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open-source

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 118798
Nessus Name: Kibana ESA-2018-18
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kibana 5.6.13/6.4.3
Suricata ID: 2026739
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Timelineinfo

09/20/2018 🔍
11/06/2018 +47 days 🔍
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11/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/20/2018 +43 days 🔍
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12/21/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/22/2020 +488 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: elastic.co
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-17246 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17246
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128235
SecurityFocus: 106285 - Kibana CVE-2018-17246 Local File Include Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/21/2018 12:44
Updated: 04/22/2020 20:04
Changes: 12/21/2018 12:44 (76), 04/22/2020 20:04 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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