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CVE-2018-0100

A vulnerability in the Profile Editor of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to have…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 36%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the Profile Editor of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to have read and write access to information stored in the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the XML External Entity (XXE) entries when parsing an XML file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting a crafted XML file with malicious entries, which could allow the attacker to read and write files. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg19341.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.04.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.03.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco AnyConnect

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/102738 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-acpe · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040246 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.