Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software VNC Console Request missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component VNC Console. The manipulation as part of Request results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-1895. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component VNC Console. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) console implementation of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the VNC console session of an administrative user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an insufficient authentication mechanism used to establish a VNC session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting an administrator VNC session request prior to login. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to watch the administrator console session or interact with it, allowing admin access to the affected device.

The weakness was released 08/07/2019 as cisco-sa-20190807-nfvis-vnc-au as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1895 since 12/06/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/06/2018 🔍
08/07/2019 +244 days 🔍
08/08/2019 +1 days 🔍
11/21/2023 +1566 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190807-nfvis-vnc-au
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1895 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1895
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139656

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2019 06:46
Updated: 11/21/2023 11:46
Changes: 08/08/2019 06:46 (41), 07/22/2020 16:49 (17), 11/21/2023 11:46 (14)
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