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    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 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.).

    Published:Oct 15, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 15, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.03667
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nomachine
    Product
    Nomachine

    Exploits

    http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txthttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txthttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High