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Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

medium Nessus Plugin ID 112122

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Synopsis

The remote security appliance may be affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) running on the remote host may be affected by privilege escalation vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the vendor supplied patch.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?87dd52c9

http://www.nessus.org/u?b9bd6384

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112122

File Name: cisco_sa_20180815_wsa_cve_2018_0428.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/27/2018

Updated: 5/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:asyncos

Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/DisplayVersion

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0428

BID: 105104