High severity · published Oct 17, 2018
CVE-2018-0417
A vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the…
7.8
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the GUI that are not normally available to that user on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a specific TACACS attribute received in the TACACS response from the remote TACACS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating via TACACS to the GUI on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to create local user accounts with administrative privileges on an affected WLC and execute other commands that are not allowed from the CLI and should be prohibited.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WL
Wireless Lan Controller · Cisco
8.4 before 8.5.131.0 · source: NVD
WL
Wireless Lan Controller Software · Cisco
8.7(1.115); before 8.2.170.0; 8.6 before 8.7.102.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0417
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0417
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105667
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041924
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181017-wlc-gui-privesc
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