CVE-2018-0440

CVE-2018-0440: Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation to Underlying Operating System Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Weakness CWE-264
Published October 5, 2018
Last update November 26, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager could allow an authenticated application administrator to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of user input within an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and then sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the authenticated attacker to issue commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 5, 2018 CVE published
November 26, 2024 Record updated