Cisco HyperFlex Software Unauthenticated Root Access Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series)

CVE-2019-1664
HIGH 8.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 27 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability in the hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisco
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Cisco · Cisco HyperFlex HX-Seriesaffected unspecified < 3.5(2a)

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD