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CVE-2019-1863

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Aug 21, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-285
NVD MITRE
8.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the system configuration. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow a user with read-only privileges to change critical system configurations using administrator privileges.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-285NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Unified Computing SystemCisco Systems Inc.
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
Integrated Management ControllerCisco Systems Inc.
EmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware / network-adapter
Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE)CiscoNetworking Infrastructure
unified computing systemcisco
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
integrated management controller supervisorcisco
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privilege
tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 21, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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