CVE-2018-15465
HIGHEPSS 82th pctlDescription
A vulnerability in the authorization subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, but unprivileged (levels 0 and 1), remote attacker to perform privileged actions by using the web management interface. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user privileges when using the web management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests via HTTPS to an affected device as an unprivileged user. An exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve files (including the running configuration) from the device or to upload and replace software images on the device.
How to fix
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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
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2022-3229 | Critical | 9.8 | 66% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2018-15465?
Upgrade adaptive security appliance software to 9.10.1.7 or later.
Is CVE-2018-15465 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2018-15465 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2018-15465?
CVE-2018-15465 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2018-15465 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for adaptive security appliance software (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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