CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-0095
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
A vulnerability in the administrative shell of Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level and gain root access. The attacker has to have a valid user credential with at least a privilege level of a guest user. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect networking configuration at the administrative shell CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and issuing a set of crafted, malicious commands at the administrative shell. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb34303, CSCvb35726.
Affected configurations
• cisco asyncos 9.1.1-005
• cisco asyncos 9.7.2-065
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102729 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040221 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040222 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-esasma Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102729 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040221 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040222 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-esasma Vendor Advisory