THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-0427
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-0427

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the CronJob scheduler API of Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to incorrect input validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious packet. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi42263.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-08-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-0427

  • Confirm whether Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-0427.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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