CVE-2018-0329
mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded, read-only community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 2c queries to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any data that is accessible via SNMP on the affected device. Note: The static credentials are defined in an internal configuration file and are not visible in the current operation configuration ('running-config') or the startup configuration ('startup-config'). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi40137.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)cisco_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 (7)
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- n/a Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown≤ Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknownenisa_euvdEU
- cisco wide area application services= 6.2(3)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco wide area application services= 6.4(1)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20180606-waas-snmpCisco Wide Area Application Services Software Static SNMP Credentials Vulnerability2018-06-06csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded, read-only community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 2c queries to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any data that is accessible via SNMP on the affected device. Note: The static credentials are defined in an internal configuration file and are not visible in the current operation configuration ('running-config') or the startup configuration ('startup-config'). 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-20180606-waas-snmp ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-waas-snmp"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041078cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvi40137Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-waas-snmpcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104590cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104590enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041078enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-waas-snmpenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104590Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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