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CVE-2019-1907

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Aug 21, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-285
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 31.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI: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:HConfidentiality
High
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 (Management Software)Cisco
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
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-privescal
tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 21, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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