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Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an improperly neutralized element in an OS command due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed

Published Jun 20, 2018

Description

Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an improperly neutralized element in an OS command due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed. An attacker with access to an admin account could escape the restricted CLI and execute arbitrary shell instructions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-78

OS Command Injection

References (1)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 20, 2018
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Jun 20, 2018
Link CVE-2018-12591
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2018-12591
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2018-12591