CVE-2018-6384

high

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in NSClient++ before 0.4.1.73 allows non-privileged local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system via a malicious program.exe executable in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

References

https://www.on-x.com/sites/default/files/on-x_-_security_advisory_-_nsclient_-_cve-2018-6384.pdf

https://nsclient.org/blog/2018/01/30/CVE-2018-6384-0.3.9/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H