CVE-2018-1161

CRITICAL

Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within nvwsworker.exe. When parsing the boundary header of a multipart request, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-4215.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-004

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.6722
EPSS Percentile 99.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
quest/netvault_backup 11.2.0.13
Published Feb 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026