Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 78%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected system to reboot or shut down. The vulnerability is due to insufficient server-side authorization checks. An attacker who is logged in to the web-based management interface as a low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the low-privileged user account to reboot or shut down the affected system.

CISA SSVC assessment

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

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.79% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C`

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-dos · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/105290 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-0459
NVD: CVE-2018-0459

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Summary