CVE-2017-18001

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Published Dec 31, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 14.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:secure_web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 14.1% (14.078% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/

History

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Subscriptions

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway

Weaknesses

CWE-306

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 31, 2017, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:06 PM
Reserved: Dec 31, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:12 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2017, 7:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:12 AM

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