CVE-2019-1907 HIGH

CVE-2019-1907: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)
Weakness CWE-285
Published August 21, 2019
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to set sensitive configuration values and gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of substring comparison operations that are performed by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker with read-only privileges to gain administrator privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 21, 2019 CVE published
November 20, 2024 Record updated