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CVE-2018-0147

CWE-20

Critical

102.5

RPS

Description

A vulnerability in Java deserialization used by Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) prior to release 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh25988.

Source: NVD

Signals

CVSS
9.8
Critical · v3.1
EPSS
18.21%
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
CISA KEV
In CISA KEV since Mar 2022
Fix commit
No known fix commit
Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
Weakness
CWE-20
CWE-20, CWE-502
Published
8 Mar 2018
Last modified 14 Jan 2026

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CVE-2018-0147 · RPS 102.5 · DevSecure Intelligence