CVE-2018-0238 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director releases 6.0 and 6.5 (prior to patch 3) that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass role-based access controls. By logging in with a modified username and valid password, an attacker can gain unauthorized visibility into and perform actions on all virtual machines in the UCS Director end-user portal. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.9 (Critical) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.5\(0.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system_director:6.5\(0.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5\(0.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system_director:6.5\(0.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.