CVE-2018-0462
MEDIUMCisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software - Denial of Service via User Management Operations
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the user management functionality of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-provided input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in with a highly privileged user account and performing a sequence of specific user management operations that interfere with the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to permanently degrade the functionality of the affected system.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-dos1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105291
Scores
CVSS v3
4.9
EPSS
0.0148
EPSS Percentile
70.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/enterprise_network_virtualization_software
nfvis-6.0
cisco/enterprise_network_virtualization_software
nfvis-8.0
Published
Oct 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026