CVE-2018-0227

HIGH

Cisco ASA 9.4.4-9.4.4.12 & FTD 6.0-6.0.1.3 SSL VPN Certificate Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client Certificate Authentication feature for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to establish an SSL VPN connection and bypass certain SSL certificate verification steps. The vulnerability is due to incorrect verification of the SSL Client Certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the ASA VPN without a proper private key and certificate pair. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish an SSL VPN connection to the ASA when the connection should have been rejected. This vulnerability affects Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA), ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliances (ASAv), Firepower 4110 Security Appliances, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Modules. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg40155.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040723
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104018
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0213
EPSS Percentile 79.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (6)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.4.3.1
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.4.3.2
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.5.2.7
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.5.2.8
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.4.4 - 9.4.4.13
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.0 - 6.0.1.4
Published Apr 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026