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
Published Jul 18, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.74%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco Policy Suite unknown Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco Policy Suite unknownStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco Policy Suite unknown | n/a |
|
- 14.0.0
- < 18.2.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 29, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.74% (0.03742) | 89.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.79% (0.03790) | 88.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 1.90% (0.01904) | 82.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03420) | 86.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.23% (0.06227) | 84.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03420) | 86.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 69.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 67.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 9, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 65.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 65.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 32.00th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 31.26th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 70.79th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104852 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180718-policy-cm-default-psswrd x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104852 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180718-policy-cm-default-psswrd | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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