Aruba Instant up to 6.4.4.7/6.5.4.10/8.3.0.5/8.4.0.0 Command injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Aruba Instant up to 6.4.4.7/6.5.4.10/8.3.0.5/8.4.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Command results in injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-16417. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba Instant up to 6.4.4.7/6.5.4.10/8.3.0.5/8.4.0.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation as part of a Command leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Aruba Instant 4.x prior to 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.12, 6.5.x prior to 6.5.4.11, 8.3.x prior to 8.3.0.6, and 8.4.x prior to 8.4.0.1 allows Command injection.

The bug was discovered 02/27/2019. The weakness was disclosed 10/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16417 since 09/03/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 245 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 6.4.4.8, 6.5.4.11, 8.3.0.6 or 8.4.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Aruba

Name

• Instant

Version

• 6.4.4.0
• 6.4.4.1
• 6.4.4.2
• 6.4.4.3
• 6.4.4.4
• 6.4.4.5
• 6.4.4.6
• 6.4.4.7
• 6.5.4.0
• 6.5.4.1
• 6.5.4.2
• 6.5.4.3
• 6.5.4.4
• 6.5.4.5
• 6.5.4.6
• 6.5.4.7
• 6.5.4.8
• 6.5.4.9
• 6.5.4.10
• 8.3.0.0
• 8.3.0.1
• 8.3.0.2
• 8.3.0.3
• 8.3.0.4
• 8.3.0.5
• 8.4.0

License

• commercial

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