SB2018110818 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Meraki



SB2018110818 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Meraki

Published: November 8, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018110818
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0284)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the local status page functionality due to an error when handling requests to the local status page. A remote unauthenticated attacker can establish an interactive session, gain elevated privileges to further compromise the device or obtain additional configuration data from the device that is being exploited.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.