Improper authentication in Cisco UCS Director - CVE-2018-0238

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12059

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0238

CWE-ID: CWE-287

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Affected software:
Cisco UCS Director

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the role-based resource checking functionality due to improper user authentication checks. A remote attacker can log in to the UCS Director with a modified username and valid password, gain visibility into and perform actions against all virtual machines in the UCS Director end-user portal of the affected system.

Update to versions 6.6.0.0 or 6.5.0.3.

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-uscd