Privilege escalation in Cisco SD-WAN - CVE-2018-0432
Published: September 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14654
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0432
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists in the error reporting feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution due to improper validation of certain parameters included within the error reporting application configuration. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted command to the error reporting feature, gain root-level privileges and take full control of the device.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0432
Update to version 18.3.0.