kaseya virtual-system-administrator CVE-2018-20753 is a vulnerability in Kaseya Virtual System Administrator
Published on February 5, 2019

Kaseya VSA RMM before R9.3 9.3.0.35, R9.4 before 9.4.0.36, and R9.5 before 9.5.0.5 allows unprivileged remote attackers to execute PowerShell payloads on all managed devices. In January 2018, attackers actively exploited this vulnerability in the wild.

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Kaseya VSA Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Kaseya VSA RMM allows unprivileged remote attackers to execute PowerShell payloads on all managed devices.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 4, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2018-20753 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2018-20753

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
37.71%
Percentile
97.20%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.