CVE-2017-18001

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: December 31, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

13.7%

96th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-306

Affected Vendors

trustwave

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