# CVE-2018-0329: Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can read sensitive data from Cisco WAAS devices by exploiting a hard-coded SNMP community string in the default configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59gg-4m9f-5hc8

## What is CVE-2018-0329?

CVE-2018-0329 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown, published on 7 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded, read-only community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 2c queries to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any data that is accessible via SNMP on the affected device. Note: The static credentials are defined in an internal configuration file and are not visible in the current operation configuration ('running-config') or the startup configuration ('startup-config'). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi40137.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0329?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Wide Area Application Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0329?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0329 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0329 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0329 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown

- [CVE-2013-3443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3443/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-2196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2196/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-3923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3923/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-6421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6421/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-6628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6628/): Denial of service in Cisco Wide Area Application Services SMART-SSL Accelerator (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0329 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0329 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown, published on 7 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0329 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Wide Area Application Services unknown. 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-2018-0329/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0329/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0329
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0329
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0329

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