#VU20364 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1883

 

#VU20364 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1883

Published: August 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20364
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

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


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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