CVE-2018-1111

high-risk
Published 2018-05-17

DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vulnerable to a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on systems using NetworkManager and configured to obtain network configuration using the DHCP protocol.

Do I need to act?

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89.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 11% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
ADJACENT_NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Vendors

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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate