Authentication bypass in Cisco Unified Computing E-Series Servers and Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System - CVE-2018-0362
Published: June 20, 2018 / Updated: June 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13411
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0362
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Unified Computing E-Series Servers
Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System
Cisco Unified Computing E-Series Servers
Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in BIOS authentication management of Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System and Cisco Unified Computing (UCS) E-Series Servers due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can submit an empty password value to an affected device's BIOS authentication prompt, bypass authentication and gain access to a restricted set of user-level BIOS commands.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0362
Install update from vendor's website.