CVE-2018-0183 is a vulnerability in the CLI parser of Cisco IOS XE Software that allows an authenticated, local attacker with privileged EXEC mode access to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying Linux shell. This is due to improper sanitization of command arguments. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges (PR:H) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.13.2asCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.13.5asCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.13.7asCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.13.9sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.16.2asCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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