CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18435
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-03-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
KioWare Server version 4.9.6 and older installs by default to "C:\kioware_com" with weak folder permissions granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and it's sub-folders. In addition, the program installs a service called "KWSService" which runs as "Localsystem", this will allow any user to escalate privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by substituting the service's binary with a malicious one.
Affected configurations
• kioware kioware server (<= 4.9.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151031/KioWare-Server-4.9.6-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-002.md github.com
- https://m.kioware.com/news/kioware-press-releases/kioware_server_security_patch_update Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46093/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kioware.com/patch.aspx Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151031/KioWare-Server-4.9.6-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-002.md github.com
- https://m.kioware.com/news/kioware-press-releases/kioware_server_security_patch_update Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46093/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kioware.com/patch.aspx Patch, Vendor Advisory