CVE-2018-15465
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-12-24 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:47
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181219-asa-privescVendor Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-46Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
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