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CVE-2018-9023

CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x Code Execution

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An input validation vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x allows unprivileged users to execute arbitrary commands by passing specially crafted arguments to the update_crld script.

Una vulnerabilidad de validación de entradas en las versiones 2.x de CA Privileged Access Manager permite que usuarios sin privilegios ejecuten comandos arbitrarios pasando argumentos especialmente manipulados al script update_crld.

CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to multiple potential risks with CA Privileged Access Manager. Multiple vulnerabilities exist that can allow a remote attacker to conduct a variety of attacks. These risks include seven vulnerabilities privately reported within the past year to CA Technologies by security researchers, and nine vulnerabilities for Xceedium Xsuite that were publicly disclosed in July 2015. CA Technologies acquired Xceedium in August 2015, and Xceedium products were renamed and became part of Privileged Access Management solutions from CA Technologies. Sixteen vulnerabilities are outlined in this advisory.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-03-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-06-15 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Broadcom
Search vendor "Broadcom"
Privileged Access Manager
Search vendor "Broadcom" for product "Privileged Access Manager"
>= 2.0.0 < 3.0.0
Search vendor "Broadcom" for product "Privileged Access Manager" and version " >= 2.0.0 < 3.0.0"
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Affected