CVE-2018-0362 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-0362

A vulnerability in BIOS authentication management of Cisco 5000 Series...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in BIOS authentication management of Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System and Cisco Unified Computing (UCS) E-Series Servers could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to bypass the BIOS authentication and execute actions as an unprivileged user. The vulnerability is due to improper security restrictions that are imposed by the affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting an empty password value to an affected device's BIOS authentication prompt. An exploit could allow the attacker to have access to a restricted set of user-level BIOS commands. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh83260.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers unknown
Vulnerable Versions:
Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: June 21st, 2018
Last Modified: November 29th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)