High severity · published Mar 1, 2018
CVE-2018-5314
Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 11.0 before build 70.16, 11.1 before build 55.13, and 12.0 before build 53.13; and the NetScaler Load…
7.5
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 11.0 before build 70.16, 11.1 before build 55.13, and 12.0 before build 53.13; and the NetScaler Load Balancing instance distributed with NetScaler SD-WAN/CloudBridge 4000, 4100, 5000 and 5100 WAN Optimization Edition 9.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute a system command or read arbitrary files via an SSH login prompt.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
NetScaler ADC · Citrix
11.0; 11.1; 12.0 · source: NVD
NS
Netscaler Sd-wan · Citrix
9.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5314
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5314
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103186
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040439
Vendor Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232199
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