CVE-2018-10239 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the "support access" feature of Infoblox NIOS versions 6.8 through 8.4.1. A locally authenticated administrator could temporarily gain super user privileges by exploiting a weakness in the support access password generation algorithm. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity, but requires high privileges for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.8, <= 8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.