#VU20450 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1896

 

#VU20450 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1896

Published: August 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20450
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1896
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) function in the web-based management interface. A remote authenticated administrator can submit a specially crafted CSR and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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