HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1865

Unified Computing System vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking an interface monitoring mechanism with a crafted argument on the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary, system-level commands with root privileges on an affected device.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Unified Computing System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2019-08-21

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1865

  • Confirm whether Cisco Unified Computing System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1865.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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