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FreeBSD: VID-337960EC-B5DC-11E8-AC58-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2018-13415): Plex Media Server -- Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-337960EC-B5DC-11E8-AC58-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2018-13415): Plex Media Server -- Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/12/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

In Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing (XXE) attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: (1) Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user account running Plex, (2) Initiate SMB connections to capture a NetNTLM challenge/response and crack to cleartext password, or (3) Initiate SMB connections to relay a NetNTLM challenge/response and achieve Remote Command Execution in Windows domains.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-plexmediaserver
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-plexmediaserver-plexpass

References

  • CVE-2018-13415

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