CVE-2018-0095

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-0095
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-18 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:31:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the administrative shell of Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level and gain root access. The attacker has to have a valid user credential with at least a privilege level of a guest user. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect networking configuration at the administrative shell CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and issuing a set of crafted, malicious commands at the administrative shell. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb34303, CSCvb35726.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Asyncos 9.1.1-005 All All All
Operating System Cisco Asyncos 9.7.2-065 All All All
Operating System Cisco Asyncos 9.1.1-005 All All All
Operating System Cisco Asyncos 9.7.2-065 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Email Security and Content Security Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Email Security and Content Security Management Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Network Configuration Flaw Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Email Security Appliance Network Configuration Flaw Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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