Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-0296
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Denial-of- - [Actively Exploited]
Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releases that the ASA will not reload, but an attacker could view sensitive system information without authentication by using directory traversal techniques. The vulnerability is due to lack of proper input validation of the HTTP URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition or unauthenticated disclosure of information. This vulnerability applies to IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP traffic. This vulnerability affects Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliance (ISA), ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv), Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliance, Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliance, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, FTD Virtual (FTDv). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi16029.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2018, 12:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 15, 2023, 3:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) contains an improper input validation vulnerability with HTTP URLs. Exploitation could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or information disclosure.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-0296 has a 52 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-0296 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software
2 Cisco firepower_threat_defense
3 Cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-0296.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154017/Cisco-Adaptive-Security-Appliance-Path-Traversal.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-asaftd Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A curated list of my GitHub stars!

awesome github list stars geeknik

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 10, 2024, 7:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2024, 6:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Cisco ASA - Local File Inclusion

Python

Updated: 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2024, 6:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CTF Writeups

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2024, 8:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 53 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

RedTeam link

Updated: 7 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 7, 2023, 2:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

A sensible no bullshit repo of summaries of reports on hackerone, bugcrowd and alike, that makes straight up sense and make it easy to repeat and automate. This is supposed to serve as my personal reference, but should be a good public index reference for like minded.

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Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 21, 2023, 12:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2023, 1:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 265 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 16, 2022, 9:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 256 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 30, 2022, 6:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 253 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 25, 2022, 12:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 250 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 157 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 153 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-0296 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-0296 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.7 from (excluding) 9.7.1.24 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.7 from (excluding) 9.7.1.24
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154017/Cisco-Adaptive-Security-Appliance-Path-Traversal.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154017/Cisco-Adaptive-Security-Appliance-Path-Traversal.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Cisco Systems, Inc. CWE-20
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154017/Cisco-Adaptive-Security-Appliance-Path-Traversal.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-asaftd No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-asaftd Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.1\(2.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1 up to (excluding) 9.1.7.29 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2 up to (excluding) 9.2.4.33 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.3 up to (excluding) 9.4.4.18 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.5 up to (excluding) 9.6.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.7 up to (excluding) 9.7.1.24 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.8 up to (excluding) 9.8.2.28 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.9 up to (excluding) 9.9.2.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0 up to (excluding) 6.1.0 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2.1 up to (excluding) 6.2.2.3 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3-85.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3-851:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:6.2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-0296 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-0296 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-126: Path Traversal Path Traversal
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.47 }} 0.04%

score

0.99975

percentile

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