7.2
HIGH
CVE-2018-5265
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Remote Code Execution
Description

Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2019, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-5265 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 Ui edgeos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.red4sec.com/cve/edgerouter_lite.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-5265 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-78
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.red4sec.com/cve/edgerouter_lite.txt No Types Assigned https://www.red4sec.com/cve/edgerouter_lite.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ui:edgeos:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:ui:erlite-3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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)

Exploit Prediction

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

0.46 }} 0.02%

score

0.71365

percentile

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