CVE-2019-1896 is a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System
Published on August 21, 2019
Cisco Integrated Management Controller CSR Generation Command Injection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands and obtain root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) function of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CSR in the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow an attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the device with full root privileges.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2019-1896 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-1896
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Affected Versions
Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE):- Version unspecified and below 3.0(4k) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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