Command injection in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center - CVE-2018-0427

 

Command injection in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center - CVE-2018-0427

Published: August 15, 2018 / Updated: August 16, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14433
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0427
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the CronJob scheduler API of Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center due to incorrect input validation of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a malicious packet to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-0427

Install update from vendor's website.

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