Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-5389
The Internet Key Exchange v1 main mode is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks
5.9
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Internet Key Exchange v1 main mode is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. Reusing a key pair across different versions and modes of IKE could lead to cross-protocol authentication bypasses. It is well known, that the aggressive mode of IKEv1 PSK is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. For the main mode, however, only an online attack against PSK authentication was thought to be feasible. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to recover a weak Pre-Shared Key or enable the impersonation of a victim host or network.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IK
Internet Key Exchange · Ietf
1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5389
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.cisco.com/security/great-cipher-but-where-did-you-get-that-key
my.f5.com
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K42378447
Exploit
https://web-in-security.blogspot.com/2018/08/practical-dictionary-attack-on-ipsec-ike.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/857035
Third Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity18/sec18-felsch.pdf
