CVE-2018-0115
highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected host operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to the affected system by using valid administrator credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf93332.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco ASR 5000 Series Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
ssvc
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20180117-starosCisco StarOS CLI Command Injection Vulnerability2018-01-17csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected host operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to the affected system by using valid administrator credentials. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-staros ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-staros"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040239cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvf93332Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-staroscnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102788cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102788enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040239enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180117-starosenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102788Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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