PT-2018-1186 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2018-03-28 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0183

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the CLI parser of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to the underlying Linux shell of an affected device and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the device. The vulnerability is due to the affected software improperly sanitizing command arguments to prevent access to internal data structures on a device. An attacker who has privileged EXEC mode (privilege level 15) access to an affected device could exploit this vulnerability on the device by executing CLI commands that contain crafted arguments.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00644

CVE-2018-0183

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 5

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-privesc3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00644 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0183 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0183 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103555 · Note