Security restrictions bypass in Energy Management Suite - CVE-2018-0468
Published: December 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16235
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0468
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Energy Management Suite
Energy Management Suite
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the installation of the PostgreSQL database with unchanged default access credentials. A local authenticated attacker can log in to the machine where CEMS is installed, establish a local connection to the database and bypass security restrictions to access and alter confidential data.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0468
Users of existing installations can change the database access password by following the instructions in the Release Notes document under the "Reset PostgreSQL database password" section.