HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1936

Integrated Management Controller Supervisor vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
39.5%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux shell as the root user. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires privileged access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the web-based management interface with administrator privileges and then sending a malicious request to a certain part of the interface.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Integrated Management Controller Supervisor
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
Published
2019-08-21

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 39.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1936

  • Confirm whether Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1936.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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