OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1883
Published: August 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20364
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1883
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the command-line interface. A local authenticated attacker with read-only privileges can submit crafted input to the affected CLI commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target device with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
This vulnerability affects the following Cisco products that are running Cisco IMC Software:
- UCS C-Series and S-Series Servers in standalone mode
- UCS E-Series Servers that are running Cisco IMC Software
- 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) Platforms
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1883
Install updates from vendor's website.