CVE-2018-1244
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell EMC iDRAC7/iDRAC8, versions prior to 2.60.60.60, and iDRAC9 versions prior to 3.21.21.21 contain a command injection vulnerability in the SNMP agent. A remote authenticated malicious iDRAC user with configuration privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the iDRAC where SNMP alerting is enabled.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA command injection vulnerability exists in the SNMP alerting agent of Dell EMC iDRAC7, iDRAC8, and iDRAC9. A remote authenticated attacker with configuration privileges can inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the iDRAC controller when SNMP alerting is enabled, due to insufficient input validation in SNMP trap configuration parameters.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2.60.60.60< 2.60.60.60< 3.21.21.21CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine iDRAC firmware versionAccess the iDRAC web interface and navigate to iDRAC Settings > Overview > Firmware, or use the racadm command: racadm getversion. Identify whether the device is iDRAC7, iDRAC8, or iDRAC9 and note the installed firmware version.Affected if The installed firmware version is below 2.60.60.60 for iDRAC7 or iDRAC8, or below 3.21.21.21 for iDRAC9.
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Verify SNMP alerting statusIn the iDRAC web interface, go to iDRAC Settings > Services > SNMP Alerting, or use racadm: racadm get iDRAC.SNMP. Check whether SNMP alerting or SNMP traps are enabled.Affected if SNMP alerting or SNMP trap generation is currently enabled in the iDRAC configuration.
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Confirm SNMP configuration accessReview user privileges in iDRAC Settings > User Authentication to identify accounts with Configuration privileges or SNMP privileges. Use racadm: racadm get iDRAC.Users.1 (or other user indices) to inspect privilege levels.Affected if Multiple user accounts exist with configuration or SNMP privileges, increasing the attack surface for this vulnerability.
The environment is affected if the iDRAC firmware version is below the fixed release and SNMP alerting is currently enabled, allowing an authenticated attacker with configuration privileges to inject commands through SNMP trap settings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data2.60.60.603.21.21.21
Update iDRAC firmware to version 2.60.60.60 or later for iDRAC7/8, and 3.21.21.21 or later for iDRAC9. As a compensating control, disable SNMP alerting if not required, or restrict SNMP access to trusted management networks.
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