CVE-2018-1111
DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vulnerable to a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager…
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- redhat
Description
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.
Public exploit
2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 44652 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 44890 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 97.9% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
References (21)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-5392896132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3442151 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104195 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-23ca7a6798 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1040912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1453 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2018-36058ed9f2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1461 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 44652 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 44890 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1460 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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