CVE-2018-0147

CRITICAL KEV

Cisco Secure Access Control System - Insecure Deserialization

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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.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103328

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040463

[Vendor Advisory] https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-acs2

[US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0147

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0402

EPSS Percentile 88.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

CISA KEV 2022-03-25

VulnCheck KEV 2022-03-16

InTheWild.io 2022-03-25

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2018-0970

Classification

CWE

CWE-502 CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (1)

cisco/secure_access_control_system

Timeline

Published Mar 08, 2018

KEV Added Mar 25, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026