CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1162

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-02-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-02-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on vulnerable installations of Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the handling of Export requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to arbitrarily overwrite files resulting in a denial-of-service condition. Was ZDI-CAN-4222.

Affected configurations

• quest netvault backup 11.2.0.13

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References