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CVE-2018-0300

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0300 describes a path traversal vulnerability in Cisco FXOS on Firepower 4100 Series NGFW and Firepower 9300 Security Appliances, allowing authenticated, remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files during application image uploads. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with root privileges despite signature verification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0\(1.68\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:fxos:2.0\(1.68\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0740 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-firepwr-pt
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041169
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry