CVE-2018-0417
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software GUI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
Summary
A vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the GUI that are not normally available to that user on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a specific TACACS attribute received in the TACACS response from the remote TACACS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating via TACACS to the GUI on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to create local user accounts with administrative privileges on an affected WLC and execute other commands that are not allowed from the CLI and should be prohibited.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 23 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1041924 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181017-wlc-gui-privesc · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/105667 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-0417
- NVD: CVE-2018-0417
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