CVE-2018-0333: cisco secure_firewall_management_center Protection Mechanism Failure

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0333 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in cisco secure_firewall_management_center. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 07-06-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 29-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the VPN configuration management of Cisco FireSIGHT System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass VPN security due to unintended side effects of dynamic configuration changes that could allow an attacker to bypass configured policies. The vulnerability is due to incorrect management of the configured interface names and VPN parameters when dynamic CLI configuration changes are performed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending packets through an interface on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured VPN policies. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh49388.

• CWE-693Protection Mechanism FailureThe product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.