RCE in Cisco Asr 5000
CVE-2018-0224
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected operating system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected system and injecting malicious arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg38807.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Asr_5000
- Cisco Asr_5500
- Cisco Asr_5700
- Cisco Staros — versions 21.3.0.67664, 21.5.0
- N/a Cisco Staros — versions Cisco StarOS
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0224?
- CVE-2018-0224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-03-08.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0224?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.