CVE-2018-0147: Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
A vulnerability in Java deserialization used by Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) prior to release 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh25988.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-20
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Cisco Secure Access Control System
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-acs2 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103328 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040463 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)