HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-6443

Network Advisor vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
7.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor Versions before 14.3.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the JBoss Administration interface of an affected system using an undocumented user credentials and install additional JEE applications. A remote unauthenticated user who has access to Network Advisor client libraries and able to decrypt the Jboss credentials could gain access to the Jboss web console.
Affected vendor
Brocade
Affected product
Network Advisor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-01-22

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-6443

  • Confirm whether Brocade Network Advisor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-6443.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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