CVE-2018-1161: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. Authentication is not…

PriorityP278critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

67.22%

99.2th percentile

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within nvwsworker.exe. When parsing the boundary header of a multipart request, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-4215.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
quest	netvault_backup	—	—
quest	quest_netvault_backup	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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