CVE-2018-0437

A vulnerability in the Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Roaming Client (ERC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator. To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker must authenticate with valid local user credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of file system permissions, which could allow non-administrative users to place files within restricted directories. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing an executable file within the restricted directory, which when executed by the ERC client, would run with Administrator privileges.

Data: Cisco advisories · Cisco CSAF · NVD CVEs · NVD CPEs · CISA KEV · EPSS

SeverityHIGH
CVSS7.8
EPSS12.95% EPSS high
CWECWE-264
KEV
Published
Modified

Products with public affected evidence

Product Advisory Affected evidence
Cisco Umbrella Roaming Module for Cisco AnyConnect cisco-sa-20180905-umbrella-priv structured affected CSAF product_status
Cisco Umbrella cisco-sa-20180905-umbrella-priv structured affected CSAF product_status
Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Roaming Client for Mac cisco-sa-20180905-umbrella-priv structured affected CSAF product_status
Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Roaming Client for MacOS cisco-sa-20180905-umbrella-priv structured affected CSAF product_status
Cisco Umbrella Enterprise Roaming Client for Windows cisco-sa-20180905-umbrella-priv structured affected CSAF product_status