CVE-2015-4196 Hardcoded credentials in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can gain root access to Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager by using a hardcoded privileged account password.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-4196?

CVE-2015-4196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Platform Software before 4.4.5 in Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) 8.x has a hardcoded password for a privileged account, which allows remote attackers to obtain root access by leveraging knowledge of this password and entering it in an SSH session, aka Bug ID CSCuq45546.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4196?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-4196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x733-qw5x-37j6.

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