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CVE-2019-1879

Cisco Integrated Management Controller CLI Command Injection Vulnerability

Published: Jun 20, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78
6.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input at the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with the administrator password via the CLI of an affected device and submitting crafted input to the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka cisco, cisco systems
Integrated Management Controller
Networking Infrastructure
unified computing system
Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x?product=Cisco&last_published=2019+Jun&sort=-day_sir&limit=50#~Vulnerabilities
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-cimc-cli-cmdinj
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1879
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