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CVE-2018-15465

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15465 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software. An authenticated, but unprivileged, remote attacker can exploit improper validation of user privileges within the web management interface. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) allows an attacker to retrieve sensitive files, including the running configuration, or upload and replace software images on the device. While no public exploit code is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.4.4.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.5, < 9.6.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.7, < 9.8.3.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.9, < 9.9.2.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.10, < 9.10.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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 (4)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
dogukanurkervendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
posthogvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
qlikvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (3)

dogukanurkerllm-dogukanurker-6020537212a4451bHIGH

[R1] Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance HTTP Privilege Escalation

Dec 19, 2018
qlikllm-qlik-8ea8ca27e33ac689HIGH

[R1] Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance HTTP Privilege Escalation

Dec 19, 2018
posthogllm-posthog-fee4437168fb485fHIGH

[R1] Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance HTTP Privilege Escalation

Dec 19, 2018

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181219-asa-privesc
Vendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2018-46
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106256
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry