Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem High Availability Service hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component High Availability Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded credentials. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-3158. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component High Availability Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the High Availability (HA) service of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access a sensitive part of the system with a high-privileged account. The vulnerability is due to a system account that has a default and static password and is not under the control of the system administrator. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this default account to connect to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain read and write access to system data, including the configuration of an affected device. The attacker would gain access to a sensitive portion of the system, but the attacker would not have full administrative rights to control the device.

The weakness was shared 02/19/2020 as cisco-sa-on-prem-static-cred-s as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-3158 since 12/12/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

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• Cisco

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• Smart Software Manager On-Prem

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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