CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17980
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
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.).
Affected configurations
• nomachine nomachine (< 5.3.27)
• nomachine nomachine (>= 6.0.0 < 6.3.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nomachine.com/TR10P08887 Vendor Advisory
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/NOMACHINE-TROJAN-FILE-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149784/NoMachine-5.3.26-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45611/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.nomachine.com/TR10P08887 Vendor Advisory