CVE detail
CVE-2018-1111
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 11.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Unit 42 shares their analysis of the DHCP Client Script Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1111)
vendorunit42.paloaltonetworks.comJul 16, 2018, 12:00 PMA critical vulnerability in the DHCP client in Red Hat Enterprise Linux could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on impacted systems.
newswww.securityweek.comMay 16, 2018, 1:31 PMRed Hat has announced a critical vulnerability in its DHCP client tracked as CVE-2018-1111 that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on targeted systems. Felix Wilhelm from the Google security team discovered a critical remote command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client implementation of Red Hat Linux, the issue also affects other distros […]
newssecurityaffairs.comMay 16, 2018, 9:00 AM
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