CVE-2018-0432

Cisco SD-WAN Solution Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

N/A
Published: October 5, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
10 products affected across 1 vendorVedge 1000 FirmwareVedge 2000 FirmwareVedge 100 Firmware

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

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

v < 18.3.0
Affected range stops below 18.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-vedge-100 (same device)
v < 18.3.0
Affected range stops below 18.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-vedge-1000 (same device)
v < 18.3.0
Affected range stops below 18.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-vedge-2000 (same device)
v < 18.3.0
Affected range stops below 18.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-vedge-5000 (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:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-78

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