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CVE-2018-11132

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In order to perform actions that require higher privileges, the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 relies on a message queue that runs daemonized with root privileges and only allows a set of commands to be executed. A command injection vulnerability exists within this message queue which allows low-privilege users to append arbitrary commands that will be run as root.

Affected products

• Quest Kace System Management Appliance: 8.0.318

References

• https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/quest-kace-system-management-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities
• https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/quest-kace-system-management-appliance-multiple-vulnerabilities

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