Cisco SD-WAN Solution Command Injection Vulnerability

Published 8 y ago 2018-10-05 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.4%

percentile 39%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the command-line interface (CLI) in the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and submitting crafted input to the CLI utility. The attacker must be authenticated to access the CLI utility. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago 2024-11-25

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.2	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Solution

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

securityfocus.com /bid/105295 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-sd-wan-injection · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-0433
NVD: CVE-2018-0433

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Summary