RCE in Cisco Asr 5000
CVE-2018-0115
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected host operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to the affected system by using valid administrator credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf93332.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (37.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Asr 5000
- Cisco Asr 5500
- Cisco Asr 5700
- Cisco Staros
- Cisco Staros — versions Cisco StarOS
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040239 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102788 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0115?
- CVE-2018-0115 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0115?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.