Command injection in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2018-0221
Published: March 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10909
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0221
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists in specific CLI commands due to incomplete input validation of user input for certain CLI ISE configuration commands. A local attacker can authenticate as an administrative user, issue a specific CLI command, enter a specially crafted, malicious user input for the command parameters, perform command injection to the lower-level Linux operating system and cause the ISE user interface for this management session to hang or disconnect.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0221
Install update from vendor's website.