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.
Published: 2018-03-08
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.0% Low
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Cisco Secure Access Control System
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-12T22:14:20.636Z

Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-0147

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:14:16.912Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-03-08T07:29:00.377

Modified: 2026-01-14T19:19:37.107

Link: CVE-2018-0147

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