{"id":"CVE-2018-11053","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11053","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:45:55.702Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2018-06-26T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:35:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["dell/emc idrac service module"],"epss":{"score":0.00452,"percentile":0.39067,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln310281/ism-dell-emc-idrac-service-module-improper-file-permission-vulnerability?lang=en","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104567","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln310281/ism-dell-emc-idrac-service-module-improper-file-permission-vulnerability?lang=en","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104567","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11053","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}