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CVE-2018-15458

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15458 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center's Shell Access Filter when configured with remote authentication. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending continuous authentication requests, causing unbounded writes to a system log file and leading to high disk utilization. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-20190109-fpwr-mc-dos
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106516
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry