Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web-based Management Console command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Console. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-0430. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Web-based Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of command input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of 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.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2018. The weakness was shared 10/05/2018 as cisco-sa-20180905-cimc-injecti as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0430 since 11/26/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 30 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Cisco

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• Integrated Management Controller

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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