Cisco Stealthwatch Management Console Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Published Nov 8, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.02%
Description
A vulnerability in the Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC) of Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to an insecure system configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthenticated access, resulting in elevated privileges in the SMC.
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 Stealthwatch Enterprise | n/a |
|
- ≤ 6.10.2
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:P/I:P/A:P
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 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 v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.02% (0.04021) | 90.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.02% (0.04021) | 89.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 49.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 49.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 47.59th | 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/105853 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-smc-auth-bypass vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105853 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-smc-auth-bypass | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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