Cisco Data Center Network Manager REST/SOAP path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Data Center Network Manager. This affects an unknown part of the component REST/SOAP. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-15981. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component REST/SOAP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the REST and SOAP API endpoints and the Application Framework feature of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker would need administrative privileges on the DCNM application. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. Note: The severity of these vulnerabilities is aggravated by the vulnerabilities described in the Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities advisory, published simultaneously with this one.

The weakness was published 01/06/2020 as cisco-sa-20200102-dcnm-path-tr as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-15981 since 09/06/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/06/2019 🔍
01/06/2020 +122 days 🔍
01/07/2020 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2024 +1533 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20200102-dcnm-path-tr
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-15981 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-15981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-148315
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2020 10:11
Updated: 03/19/2024 15:00
Changes: 01/07/2020 10:11 (40), 01/07/2020 10:16 (11), 03/19/2024 15:00 (34)
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