9.8Critical KEV

CVE-2018-0147Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability

Cisco Secure Access Control System Published: (8 years ago)

Known exploited — Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 25.03.2022. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 15.04.2022.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0147

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-20CWE-502

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
cisco secure access control system 5.2(0.3)
— Cisco Secure Access Control System Cisco Secure Access Control System

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (1)

  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_system:5.2\(0.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*