Cisco UCS Director/UCS Director Express for Big Data REST API input validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco UCS Director and UCS Director Express for Big Data (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component REST API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the REST API of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data may allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication or conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

The weakness was shared 04/15/2020 as cisco-sa-ucsd-mult-vulns-UNfpd as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-3249 since 12/12/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/16/2020).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 153814, 153815, 153816 and 153817 are related to this item.

Productinfo

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Virtualization Software

Vendor

Cisco

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tools.cisco.com

Timelineinfo

12/12/2019 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-ucsd-mult-vulns-UNfpd
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-3249 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2020 02:20 PM
Updated: 04/16/2020 02:25 PM
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