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NTAP-20180523-0002 — CVE-2018-5485 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OnCommand Unified Manager for Windows 7.2 and above
Published 2018-05-23 · Updated 2018-05-23 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.8 · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20180523-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager | other NetApp product | highest CVSS: 7.8
CVEs in this advisory
- CVE-2018-5485 — HIGH · CVSS 7.8 · site index
What the CVE records say
CVE-2018-5485 — NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager for Windows versions 7.2 through 7.3 are susceptible to a vulnerability which could lead to a privilege escalation attack.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to privilege escalation.
Affected products
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above
Official fixes
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above — vendor fix ↗
- Active IQ Unified Manager (formerly OnCommand Unified Manager) for Windows 7.3 and above — vendor fix ↗
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2018