Vulnerability CVE-2018-15465


Published: 2018-12-24

Description:
A vulnerability in the authorization subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged (levels 0 and 1), remote attacker to perform privileged actions by using the web management interface. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user privileges when using the web management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests via HTTPS to an affected device as an unprivileged user. An exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve files (including the running configuration) from the device or to upload and replace software images on the device.

Type:

CWE-863

(Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.5/10
4.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Cisco -> Adaptive security appliance software 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106256
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181219-asa-privesc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-46

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