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CVE-2018-0138

CVE information

Published

6 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass file policies that are configured to block files transmitted to an affected device via the BitTorrent protocol. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not detect BitTorrent handshake messages correctly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BitTorrent connection request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass file policies that are configured to block files transmitted to the affected device via the BitTorrent protocol. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve26946..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.3/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
1.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Low
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -