CVE-2018-15459

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15459
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-23 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain additional privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper controls on certain pages in the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device with an administrator account and sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create additional Admin accounts with different user roles. An attacker could then use these accounts to perform actions within their scope. The attacker would need valid Admin credentials for the device. This vulnerability cannot be exploited to add a Super Admin account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.3(0.298) All All All
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.3\(0.298\) All All All
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.5(0.1) All All All
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.5\(0.1\) All All All
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.3\(0.298\) All All All
Application Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.5\(0.1\) All All All

References

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Cisco Identity Services Engine CVE-2018-15459 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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