THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-1861
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1861

Industrial Network Director vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the software update feature of Cisco Industrial Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of files uploaded to the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected system using administrator privileges and uploading an arbitrary file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Industrial Network Director
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2019-06-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1861

  • Confirm whether Cisco Industrial Network Director is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1861.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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