Brocade Fabric OS Secure Shell Vulnerability
CVE-2018-6441

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Status
Brocade Fabric Os
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 November 2018

What is CVE-2018-6441?

A local attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the Secure Shell implementation of Brocade Fabric OS to provide arbitrary environment variables. This exploit allows the attacker to bypass restrictions in the configuration shell, potentially compromising system integrity and enabling unauthorized access to sensitive system features.

Affected Version(s)

Brocade Fabric OS All versions prior to version 8.2.1, 8.1.2f, 8.0.2f, 7.4.2d

References

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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