SB2018110817 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Stealthwatch
Published: November 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018110817
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Authentication bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15394)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure system configuration. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the targeted application, bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges in the SMC.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.