CVE-2018-15368
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-05 14:00
Modified
2024-09-16 19:01
Severity ?
Summary
Cisco IOS XE Software Privileged EXEC Mode Root Shell Access Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-privescVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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