Privilege escalation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-0141 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-259 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Server applications / Other server solutions |
| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation
EUVDB-ID: #VU10895
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0141
CWE-ID:
CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to hard-coded account password. A local attacker can use the hard-coded credentials to connect to the affected system via Secure Shell (SSH), access the underlying operating system as a low-privileged user and gain root privileges.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning: 12.1
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180307-cpcp
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
