High severity · published Oct 15, 2018
CVE-2018-17980
NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated…
7.8
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is executed. (The directory could, in general, be on a local filesystem or a network share.).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Nomachine · Nomachine
before 5.3.27; 6.0.0 before 6.3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17980
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17980
Exploit
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.nomachine.com/TR10P08887
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