RCE in Cisco Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure

CVE-2018-0324

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, high-privileged, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command parameters in the CLI parser. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking a vulnerable CLI command with crafted malicious parameters. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with a non-root user account on the underlying Linux operating system of the affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi09723.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.9th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0324?
CVE-2018-0324 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-0324?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-0324 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.