Vulnerability in Cisco Mobility Services Engine
CVE-2018-0375
A vulnerability in the Cluster Manager of Cisco Policy Suite before 18.2.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system using the root account, which has default, static user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of undocumented, static user credentials for the root account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh02680.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.037 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Mobility Services Engine — versions 14.0.0
- Cisco Policy Suite
- Cisco Policy Suite Unknown — versions Cisco Policy Suite unknown
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180718… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104852 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0375?
- CVE-2018-0375 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Mobility Services Engine, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0375?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.