Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Information Disclosure 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

1.9%

percentile 80%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read any file on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization and parameter validation checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious API request with the authentication credentials of a low-privileged user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file on the affected system.

CISA SSVC assessment

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

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% 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:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

securityfocus.com /bid/105299 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-infodis · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-0460
NVD: CVE-2018-0460

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Summary