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CVE-2018-11053
iSM: Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module Improper File Permission Vulnerability
Medium6.6EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dell
Description
Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module for all supported Linux and XenServer versions v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.1.0, v3.2.0, when started, changes the default file permission of the hosts file of the host operating system (/etc/hosts) to world writable. A malicious low privileged operating system user or process could modify the host file and potentially redirect traffic from the intended destination to sites hosting malicious or unwanted content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| dellCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- Improper File Permission Vulnerability
- CWE-732 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs
Affected products
Dell EMC · iDRAC Service Module
- affected 3.0.1
- affected 3.0.2
- affected 3.1.0
- affected 3.2.0
References (2)
- 104567 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln310281/ism-dell-emc-idrac-service-module-improper-file-permission-vulnerability?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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