CVE-2017-18001

Public Exploit

Description

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.68% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory trustwave.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88 mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550 third party advisory exploit
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/ vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/ exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-18001?
CVE-2017-18001 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-18001?
To fix CVE-2017-18001, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-18001 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-18001 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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