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CVE-2018-0116 Cisco Mobility Services Engine

Affected softwareCisco Mobility Services Engine
Severity7.2 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
WeaknessImproper authentication (CWE-287)
Published8 Feb 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the RADIUS authentication module of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to be authorized as a subscriber without providing a valid password; however, the attacker must provide a valid username. The vulnerability is due to incorrect RADIUS user credential validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to access a Cisco Policy Suite domain configured with RADIUS authentication. An exploit could allow the attacker to be authorized as a subscriber without providing a valid password. This vulnerability affects the Cisco Policy Suite application running a release prior to 13.1.0 with Hotfix Patch 1 when RADIUS authentication is configured for a domain. Cisco Policy Suite Release 14.0.0 is also affected, as it includes vulnerable code, but RADIUS authentication is not officially supported in Cisco Policy Suite Releases 14.0.0 and later. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg40124.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached
Finding This CVE names only products the Waratek agent cannot be installed into (cisco/mobility_services_engine). They ship as sealed appliance images or as native code with no application JVM, so there is no start-up line to add -javaagent to. The vulnerability may well be a Java one; it is permanently out of ARMR's reach rather than outside its subject.

CVSS

7.2 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.4 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd cisco mobility services engine generic 13.0.0 · 13.1.0 · 14.0.0

References

URLTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-cps Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2018-02-08By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.