CVE-2018-0375 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite's Cluster Manager, affecting versions prior to 18.2.0. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in as the root user due to undocumented, static credentials. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating easy exploitation (network vector, low complexity) with full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, enabling arbitrary command execution. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:mobility_services_engine:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 18.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:policy_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.