Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Web Security Appliance - CVE-2018-0087
Published: March 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10896
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0087
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists in the FTP server due to incorrect FTP user credential validation. A remote attacker can use FTP to connect to the management IP address and log in to the FTP server of the Cisco WSA without having a valid password.
The weakness exists in the FTP server due to incorrect FTP user credential validation. A remote attacker can use FTP to connect to the management IP address and log in to the FTP server of the Cisco WSA without having a valid password.
Affected software
Cisco Web Security Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0087
Update to version 10.5.2-034.