Cisco SD-WAN Solution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published Oct 5, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.63%
Description
A vulnerability in the error reporting feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a failure to properly validate certain parameters included within the error reporting application configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted command to the error reporting feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root-level privileges and take full control of the device.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco SD-WAN Solution | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- < 18.3.0
Configuration 2
- < 18.3.0
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 3
- < 18.3.0
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 4
- < 18.3.0
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 5
- n/a
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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 25, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.63% (0.02633) | 85.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.63% (0.02633) | 83.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01293) | 79.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.34% (0.02340) | 83.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.59% (0.04594) | 81.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.34% (0.02340) | 83.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 48.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 48.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 46.22th | 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 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 22.12th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 21.52th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 52.07th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105296 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-sd-wan-escalation vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105296 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-sd-wan-escalation | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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