CVE-2018-0428 — Improper Access Control in Systems INC WEB Security Appliance

CWE-284 — Improper Access ControlCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco Systems INC WEB Security ApplianceCisco WEB Security Appliance
Timeline
PublishedAug 15
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability in the account management subsystem of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of access controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device as a specific user to gain the information needed to elevate privileges to root in a separate login shell. A success…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pc4c-2gp7-ch65: A vulnerability in the account management subsystem of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate priv↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-0428: A vulnerability in the account management subsystem of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate priv↗2018-08-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Cisco
Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2018-08-15
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