Improper Authorization in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1907
Published: August 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20448
CSH Severity: High
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:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1907
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the web server due to improper handling of substring comparison operations. A remote authenticated attacker with read-only privileges can send a specially crafted HTTP request and gain administrator privileges.
Note: This vulnerability affects Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series Servers in standalone mode if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IMC Software.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1907
Install updates from vendor's website.