Vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos

CVE-2018-0095

A vulnerability in the administrative shell of Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate their privilege level and gain root access. The attacker has to have a valid user credential with at least a privilege level of a guest user. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect networking configuration at the administrative shell CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and issuing a set of crafted, malicious commands at the administrative shell. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access on the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb34303, CSCvb35726.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-0095: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Cisco Asyncos — versions 9.1.1-005, 9.7.2-065
  • Cisco Email Security And Content Management Appliance — versions Cisco Email Security and Content Security Management Appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0095?
CVE-2018-0095 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-0095?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.