CVE-2018-0125
Actively exploited. CVE-2018-0125 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root and gain full control of an affected system.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Cisco VPN Routers are at risk.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest firmware provided by Cisco.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2018-0125: Cisco VPN Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25
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