Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-0462 can let a highly privileged, authenticated remote user damage the availability of Cisco Enterprise NFVIS. The source describes permanent degradation of affected system functionality, so the business concern is operational disruption rather than data theft. Exposure appears limited to organizations running Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software where remote administrative access exists. The attacker must already have a highly privileged account, but successful exploitation may persistently degrade system function. Treat this as a targeted availability risk. It is less urgent than unauthenticated remote code execution, but important where NFVIS supports business-critical virtualized network services or privileged access controls are weak. Mitigation focus: Identify Cisco Enterprise NFVIS deployments and owners across production, lab, and edge environments.; Compare deployed releases with Cisco's advisory and apply any vendor-published fixed release or workaround.; Restrict highly privileged NFVIS accounts to named administrators with strong authentication..
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- 20180905 Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Denial of Service VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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