Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2018-0464

 

Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2018-0464

Published: August 28, 2018 / Updated: August 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14549
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-2018-0464
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to conduct path traversal attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user requests within the management interface. A remote attacker can send malicious requests containing directory traversal character sequences within the management interface and view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-0464

Update to version 11.0(1).

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