# CVE-2018-0106: Information disclosure in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

> An unauthenticated local attacker can access sensitive information in the ConfD directory of Cisco Elastic Services Controller due to insufficient security restrictions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh64-6hhj-q3pg

## What is CVE-2018-0106?

CVE-2018-0106 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 18 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the ConfD server of the Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing unauthorized information within the ConfD directory and file structure. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to view sensitive information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg00221.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0106?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

- [CVE-2019-1867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1867/): Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-0121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0121/): Auth bypass in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6713/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6712/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-6682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6682/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0106 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0106 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 18 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Elastic Services Controller. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0106/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0106/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0106
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0106
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0106

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0106/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.