CVE-2018-0147

Summary

CVECVE-2018-0147
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-08 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-04 17:57:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Java deserialization used by Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) prior to release 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh25988.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.039520000 probability, percentile 0.883070000 (date 2026-04-02)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-25; due 2022-04-15; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-502

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorCisco
ProductSecure Access Control System (ACS)
NameCisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0147

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.2(0.3) All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.2\(0.3\) All All All
Application Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.2\(0.3\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Secure Access Control System CVE-2018-0147 Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization 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
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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