Is CVE-2018-0375 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-0375 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-0375?

CVE-2018-0375 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-0375?

CVE-2018-0375 has an EPSS score of 3.79% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0375?

Upgrade policy suite to 18.2.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-0375

CRITICALEPSS 89th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the Cluster Manager of Cisco Policy Suite before 18.2.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system using the root account, which has default, static user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of undocumented, static user credentials for the root account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh02680.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

policy suiteNVD

Affected:< 18.2.0Fixed in:18.2.0CVE-2018-0375derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.79%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

tools.cisco.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.