9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-10931
Cobbler XMLRPC Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 9, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-10931 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat satellite
1 Cobbler_project cobbler
1 Cobblerd cobbler
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-10931 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An API-exposure flaw was found in cobbler, where it exported CobblerXMLRPCInterface private functions over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain important privileges within cobbler, as well as upload files to an arbitrary location in the daemon context. It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10931 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1613861 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-749
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon. An API-exposure flaw was found in cobbler, where it exported CobblerXMLRPCInterface private functions over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain important privileges within cobbler, as well as upload files to an arbitrary location in the daemon context.
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1613861 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10931 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-749
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-749
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10931 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10931 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-749
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cobbler_project:cobbler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.0 up to (including) 2.6.11
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.66 }} 0.02%

score

0.77463

percentile

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