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CVE-2018-0147

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/8/2018

Last Modified1/14/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorCisco

ProductSecure Access Control System (ACS)

Vulnerability NameCisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-03-25

Remediation Due Date2022-04-15

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

cisco:secure_access_control_system

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20CWE-502

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103328(psirt@cisco.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040463(psirt@cisco.com)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-acs2(psirt@cisco.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103328(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040463(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-acs2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0147(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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