PT-2018-2066 · Cisco · Cisco Asa

Published 2018-12-19 · Updated 2023-08-15 · CVE-2018-15465

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the authorization subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged (levels 0 and 1), remote attacker to perform privileged actions by using the web management interface. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user privileges when using the web management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests via HTTPS to an affected device as an unprivileged user. An exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve files (including the running configuration) from the device or to upload and replace software images on the device.

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

Exploit

Incorrect Authorization

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00016

CVE-2018-15465

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

References · 8

• 🔥 https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-46 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15465 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181219-asa-privesc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00016 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56494 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106256 · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/497122.php · Note