PT-2018-8662 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2018-03-28 · Updated 2020-10-22 · CVE-2018-0196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

Description: A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to the operating system of an affected device. The issue is due to insufficient input validation of HTTP requests sent to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this by sending a malicious HTTP request to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files to the operating system.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0196

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-wfw · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0196 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103570 · Note