CVE-2018-0254

MEDIUM

Cisco Firepower System Software - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured file action policies if an Intelligent Application Bypass (IAB) with a drop percentage threshold is also configured. The vulnerability is due to incorrect counting of the percentage of dropped traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending network traffic to a targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured file action policies, and traffic that should be dropped could be allowed into the network. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf86435.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 45.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-693
Status published

Affected Products (4)

cisco/firepower_threat_defense
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
cisco/firepower_threat_defense
cisco/firepower_threat_defense

Timeline

Published Apr 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026