CVE-2018-0253

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Secure Access Control System
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2018

Summary

A vulnerability in the ACS Report component of Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected system. Commands executed by the attacker are processed at the targeted user's privilege level. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the Action Message Format (AMF) protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted AMF message that contains malicious code to a targeted user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the ACS device. This vulnerability affects all releases of Cisco Secure ACS prior to Release 5.8 Patch 7. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve69037.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Secure Access Control System Cisco Secure Access Control System

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104075
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040808
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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