SolarWinds Log and Event Manager (LEM) < 6.3.1 Hotfix 3 SSH Jailbreak and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:solarwinds:log_and_event_manager";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106698");
  script_version("2025-07-31T05:44:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-31 05:44:45 +0000 (Thu, 31 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-03-28 11:42:33 +0700 (Tue, 28 Mar 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5198", "CVE-2017-5199");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("SolarWinds Log and Event Manager (LEM) < 6.3.1 Hotfix 3 SSH Jailbreak and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_solarwinds_log_event_manager_version.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("solarwinds_lem/version");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"SolarWinds Log and Event Manager (LEM) is prone to multiple
  vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - CVE-2017-5198: Incorrect permissions on management scripts allows privilege escalation

  - CVE-2017-5199: Authenticated custom shell Jailbreak and command execution");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"SolarWinds LEM version 6.3.1 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.3.1 Hotfix 3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.0xlabs.com/2017/03/solarwinds-lem-ssh-jailbreak-and.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

hotfix = get_kb_item("solarwinds_lem/hotfix");

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.3.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, installed_patch: hotfix, fixed_version: "6.3.1",
                            fixed_patch: "3");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "6.3.1")) {
  if (!hotfix || int(hotfix) < 3) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, installed_patch: hotfix, fixed_version: "6.3.1",
                              fixed_patch: "3");
    security_message(port: 0, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);