#VU13942 Privilege escalation in Cisco SD-WAN - CVE-2018-0349

 

#VU13942 Privilege escalation in Cisco SD-WAN - CVE-2018-0349

Published: July 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13942
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-0349
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco SD-WAN
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the Cisco SD-WAN Solution due to improper input validation of the request admin-tech command in the CLI. A remote authenticated attacker can modify the request admin-tech command in the CLI and overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system to gain root privileges.


Remediation

Update to version 18.3.0.

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