CVE-2018-5406
Description
The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows a remote attacker to exploit the misconfigured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. A malicious internal user could also gain administrator privileges of this appliance and use it to visit a malicious link that exploits this vulnerability. This could cause the application to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could add an administrator-level account or change the appliance's settings.
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Affected products
2<9.0.270+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <9.0.270
- (no CPE)range: 9.0.270
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153150/Dell-KACE-System-Management-Appliance-SMA-XSS-SQL-Injection.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.quest.com/kb/288310/cert-coordination-center-report-updatenvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877837/nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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