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CVE-2018-0221

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0221 describes a command injection vulnerability in specific CLI commands of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). An authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials could exploit incomplete input validation to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system or disrupt the user session. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high privileges and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0\(0.249\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.0\(0.249\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1\(0.474\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.1\(0.474\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2\(0.470\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.2\(0.470\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2\(0.903\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.2\(0.903\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3\(0.298\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.3\(0.298\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-20180307-ise6
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103347
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040471
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry