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CVE-2018-17141

Published: Sep 21, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-787
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
5.6%
Top 7.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
3 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787CWE-824

Affected Products

hylafax
oss-project·US
hylafaxOn-prem
Communications / voip-telephony
hylafax\+On-prem
Communications / voip-telephony
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

3 exploit sources identified

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html
lists.debian.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49
seclists.org
http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be
git.hylafax.org
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