Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2018· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2018-0254
CVE-2018-0254
Description
A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured file action policies if an Intelligent Application Bypass (IAB) with a drop percentage threshold is also configured. The vulnerability is due to incorrect counting of the percentage of dropped traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending network traffic to a targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured file action policies, and traffic that should be dropped could be allowed into the network. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf86435.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103940nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-fss2nvdVendor Advisory
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