DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vulnerable to a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on systems using NetworkManager and configured to obtain network configuration using the DHCP protocol.
Published 2018-05-17 16:29:00
Updated 2023-02-12 23:32:38
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2018-1111

Threat overview for CVE-2018-1111

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2018-1111
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2018-1111 754,055
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1111

91.46%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 100 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2018-1111

  • DHCP Client Command Injection (DynoRoot)
    Disclosure Date: 2018-05-15
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/unix/dhcp/rhel_dhcp_client_command_injection
    This module exploits the DynoRoot vulnerability, a flaw in how the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier processes DHCP options. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-1111

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.9
HIGH AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.5
10.0
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.6
5.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.6
5.9
Red Hat, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2018-1111

References for CVE-2018-1111

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