CVE-2018-0122
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected operating system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command for the affected operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or modify arbitrary files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to an affected system by using valid administrator credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf93335.
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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ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- n/a Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers≤ Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routersenisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20180207-asrCisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers File Overwrite Vulnerability2018-02-07csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite system files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected operating system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command for the affected operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or modify arbitrary files that are stored in the flash memory of an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to an 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-20180207-asr ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-asr"]
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references (9)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040340cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-asrcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103028cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103028enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040340enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-asrenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103028Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040340Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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