CVE-2018-0417

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-0417
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-17 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-26 18:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the GUI that are not normally available to that user on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a specific TACACS attribute received in the TACACS response from the remote TACACS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating via TACACS to the GUI on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to create local user accounts with administrative privileges on an affected WLC and execute other commands that are not allowed from the CLI and should be prohibited.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.7\(1.115\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 8.7\(1.115\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software All All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 8.7(1.115) All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 8.7\(1.115\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller TACACS CLI Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVE-2018-0417 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software GUI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO 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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