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CVE-2018-11053
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-26T22:29:00.210 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:35:10.167

Summary

Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module for all supported Linux and XenServer versions v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.1.0, v3.2.0, when started, changes the default file permission of the hosts file of the host operating system (/etc/hosts) to world writable. A malicious low privileged operating system user or process could modify the host file and potentially redirect traffic from the intended destination to sites hosting malicious or unwanted content.

Affected products

dell — emc_idrac_service_module

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