Privilege escalation (backdoor) in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center - CVE-2018-0222

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Privilege escalation (backdoor) in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center - CVE-2018-0222

Published: May 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12791
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0222
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to log in to an affected system by using an administrative account that has default, static user credentials.

The weakness exist due to the presence of undocumented, static user credentials for the default administrative account. A remote attacker can use a backdoor account to log into the system and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-0222

Update to version 1.1.3.

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