A vulnerability in Cisco IOS ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load a compromised software image on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a hidden command in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected device via the console, forcing the device into ROMMON mode, and writing a malicious pattern to a specific memory address on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass signature validation checks by Cisco Secure Boot technology and load a compromised software image on the affected device. A compromised software image is any software image that has not been digitally signed by Cisco.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2018-10-05T14:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:20:47.165Z

Reserved: 2018-08-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-15370

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-05T14:29:06.107

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:35:28.233

Link: CVE-2018-15370

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