Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-5702 (CCN-137526)

Assigned:2017-11-29
Published:2017-11-29
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary:Transmission through 2.92 relies on X-Transmission-Session-Id (which is not a forbidden header for Fetch) for access control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary RPC commands, and consequently write to arbitrary files, via POST requests to /transmission/rpc in conjunction with a DNS rebinding attack.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-5702

Source: CCN
Type: Google Security Research Issue 1447
transmission: rpc session-id mechanism design flaw

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
transmission-sessionid-cve20185702-cmd-exec(137526)

Source: CCN
Type: Transmission GIT Repository
CVE-2018-5702: Mitigate dns rebinding attacks against daemon #468

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20180118 [SECURITY] [DLA 1246-1] transmission security update

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201806-07

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4087

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-11-2018]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
43665

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:transmissionbt:transmission:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.92)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20185702
    V
    CVE-2018-5702
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:372
    P
    transmission-common-3.00-bp154.1.67 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113545
    P
    transmission-3.00-2.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106938
    P
    transmission-3.00-2.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20185702000
    V
    CVE-2018-5702 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2018-01-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201857020000000
    V
    CVE-2018-5702 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-01-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20185702000
    V
    CVE-2018-5702 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-01-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20185702000
    V
    CVE-2018-5702 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-01-15
    BACK
    transmissionbt transmission *
    debian debian linux 7.0
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0