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CVE-2018-15370 — A vulnerability in Cisco IOS ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst 68

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load a compromised software image on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to

CVSS
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EPSS
0.07% (top 78.60%)
CWE
CWE-264
Published
2018-10-05T14:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-26T14:36:16.475Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load a compromised software image on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a hidden command in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switchesn/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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