Authentication bypass in Cisco Stealthwatch - CVE-2018-15394
Published: November 7, 2018 / Updated: November 8, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15771
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-2018-15394
CWE-ID: CWE-592
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Stealthwatch
Cisco Stealthwatch
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure system configuration. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the targeted application, bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges in the SMC.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15394
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 6.7.5, 6.8.4, 6.9.5, 6.10.3.