CVE-2018-0147
CRITICAL KEVCisco Secure Access Control System < 5.8 patch 9 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Java Deserialization
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2018-0147 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 25, 2022.
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)
Core 4
Core References
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0147
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040463
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103328
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-acs2
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0395
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-03-25
VulnCheck KEV
2022-03-16
InTheWild.io
2022-03-25
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2018-0970
CWE
CWE-502
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/secure_access_control_system
5.2\(0.3\)
Published
Mar 08, 2018
KEV Added
Mar 25, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026