CVE-2018-12465 — An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Mic

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-20

01What is this vulnerability?

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Micro Focus	Secure Messaging Gateway	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-29T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:21:55.086Z

09References

• support.microfocus.com — https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023133
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45083/
• pentest.blog — https://pentest.blog/unexpected-journey-6-all-ways-lead-to-rome-remote-code-exec…