CVE-2018-8712 Information
Feb 14, 2021
cve
Description
An issue was discovered in Webmin 1.840 and 1.880 when the default Yes setting of \Can view any file as a log file\ is enabled. As a result of weak default configuration settings limited users have full access rights to the underlying Unix system files allowing the user to read sensitive data from the local system (using Local File Include) such as the ‘/etc/shadow’ file via a \GET /syslog/save_log.cgi?view=1&file=/etc/shadow\ request.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
9.8
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