CVE-2018-0217

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 8, 2018 at 07:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
7 products affected across 1 vendorAsr 5500 FirmwareAsr 5000 FirmwareAsr 5700 Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of commands that are supplied to certain configurations in the CLI of the affected operating system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted arguments into a vulnerable CLI command for an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to insert and execute arbitrary commands in the CLI of the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to an affected system by using valid administrator credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg29441.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

cisco-asr-5000 (same device)
cisco-asr-5500 (same device)
cisco-asr-5700 (same device)
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-78

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