Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software))
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.37 % · percentile 72 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to set sensitive configuration values and gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of substring comparison operations that are performed by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker with read-only privileges to gain administrator privileges.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-285 — Improper Authorization
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-10464
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-1907
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-410 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Cisco · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:4.0\(1c\)hs3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.0\(4b\)cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.0\(2f\)
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) | affected unspecified < 4.0(2f) |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |