VDB-128800 · CVE-2018-0181 · BID 106547

Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile Redis Performance missing authentication

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.9$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile and Policy Suite Diameter Routing Agent. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Redis. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication (Performance). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-0181. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile and Policy Suite Diameter Routing Agent (version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Redis. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability (Performance). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the Redis implementation used by the Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile and Cisco Policy Suite Diameter Routing Agent software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to modify key-value pairs for short-lived events stored by the Redis server. The vulnerability is due to improper authentication when accessing the Redis server. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying key-value pairs stored within the Redis server database. An exploit could allow the attacker to reduce the efficiency of the Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile and Cisco Policy Suite Diameter Routing Agent software.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2019. The weakness was published 01/10/2019 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20190109-cps-redis as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-0181 since 11/27/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/23/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106547†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Cisco Systems, Inc.): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Name: Performance
Class: Missing authentication / Performance
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

11/27/2017 🔍
01/09/2019 +408 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +0 days 🔍
06/23/2023 +1625 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190109-cps-redis
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-0181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128800
SecurityFocus: 106547 - Cisco Policy Suite for Mobile and Policy Suite Diameter Routing Agent Access Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2019 07:42
Updated: 06/23/2023 13:06
Changes: 01/10/2019 07:42 (60), 04/26/2020 21:24 (4), 06/23/2023 13:06 (14)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!