What is CVE-2018-0453?

CVE-2018-0453 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2018-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-0453?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Firesight System Software

CVE-2018-0453

A vulnerability in the Sourcefire tunnel control channel protocol in Cisco Firepower System Software running on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) sensors could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute specific CLI commands with…

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Firesight System Software — versions n/a
Cisco Firepower_threat_defense — versions 5.4.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0453?: CVE-2018-0453 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2018-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-0453?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.