Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web-based Management Interface os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-1896. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product 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. 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) 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.

The weakness was released 08/21/2019 as cisco-sa-20190821-imc-cmdinjec as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-1896 since 12/06/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-140552. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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