CVE-2018-0294

Summary

CVECVE-2018-0294
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-20 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-20 15:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the write-erase feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to configure an unauthorized administrator account for an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly delete sensitive files when certain CLI commands are used to clear the device configuration and reload a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging into an affected device as an administrative user and configuring an unauthorized account for the device. The account would not require a password for authentication and would be accessible only via a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to configure an unauthorized account that has administrative privileges, does not require a password for authentication, and does not appear in the running configuration or the audit logs for the affected device. This vulnerability affects Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewalls, Firepower 9300 Security Appliance, Nexus 1000V Series Switches, Nexus 1100 Series Cloud Services Platforms, Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Nexus 3500 Platform Switches, Nexus 4000 Series Switches, Nexus 5500 Platform Switches, Nexus 5600 Platform Switches, Nexus 6000 Series Switches, UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects, UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects, UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd13993, CSCvd34845, CSCvd34857, CSCvd34862, CSCvd34879, CSCve35753.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4110 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4110 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4150 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4150 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance - All All All
Operating System Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System All All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos All All All All
Operating System Cisco Fxos All All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 1000v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 172tq-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 172tq-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3016 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3016 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3048 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3048 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-32t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-32t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3064-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3100-v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3100-v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 31128pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 31128pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132c-z - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132c-z - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3132q-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3164q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3164q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172pq-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172pq-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172tq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172tq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172tq-32t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3172tq-32t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3232c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3232c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3264c-e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3264c-e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3264q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3264q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 34180yc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 34180yc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3524-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3524-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3524-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3524-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3548-xl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3636c-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3636c-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 4001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 4001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5010 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5010 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5020 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5020 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5548p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5548p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5548up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5548up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5596t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5596t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5596up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5596up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 56128p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 56128p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5624q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5624q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5648q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5648q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5672up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5672up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5696q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 5696q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9516 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9516 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus C36180yc-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus C36180yc-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-c9508-fm-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-c9508-fm-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-x9636c-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-x9636c-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-x9636q-r - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus N9k-x9636q-r - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 4.1(2)e1(1a) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 4.1\(2\)e1\(1a\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 5.2(1)sv3(1.10) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 5.2\(1\)sv3\(1.10\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0(3)i2(4a) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0\(3\)i2\(4a\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.3(2)n1(0.354) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.3\(2\)n1\(0.354\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.8(3.5)s0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.8\(3.5\)s0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 4.1\(2\)e1\(1a\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 5.2\(1\)sv3\(1.10\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0\(3\)i2\(4a\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.3\(2\)n1\(0.354\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.8\(3.5\)s0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6120xp - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6120xp - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6140xp - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6140xp - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6248up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6248up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6296up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6296up - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6324 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6324 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6332 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ucs 6332 - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Unauthorized Administrator Account Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco NX-OS Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated 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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