CVE-2019-1863 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-1863: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE)
Weakness CWE-285
Published August 21, 2019
Last update November 21, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the system configuration. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow a user with read-only privileges to change critical system configurations using administrator privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 21, 2019 CVE published
November 21, 2024 Record updated

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