CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5413

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Jan 10, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Imperva SecureSphere running v13.0, v12.0, or v11.5 allows low privileged users to add SSH login keys to the admin user, resulting in privilege escalation.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Securesphere Imperva 11.5 (including) 11.5 (including)
Securesphere Imperva 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Securesphere Imperva 13.0 (including) 13.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References