8.8high

CVE-2018-0113

A vulnerability in an operations script of Cisco UCS Central could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell comma…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in an operations script of Cisco UCS Central could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the daemon user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by posting a crafted request to the user interface of Cisco UCS Central. This vulnerability affects Cisco UCS Central Software prior to Release 2.0(1c). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve70825.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco UCS Central

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/102966 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-ucsc · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040337 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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