Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance File Overwrite Vulnerability

published 2018-11-08 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7328

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.5%; EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the web-based UI of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite files on the file system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific UI input field to provide a custom path location. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite files on the file system.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2024-11-25)

Exploit prediction

2.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-pca-overwrite
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/105864
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15450
NVD CVE-2018-15450

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