CVE-2018-0121

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-0121
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-22 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:31:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the authentication functionality of the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper security restrictions that are imposed by the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting an empty password value to an affected portal when prompted to enter an administrative password for the portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges for the web-based service portal of the affected software. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg29809.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Elastic Services Controller 3.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Elastic Services Controller 3.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Virtual Managed Services 3.0 All All All
Application Cisco Virtual Managed Services 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Elastic Services Controller Service Portal Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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