CVE-2018-0440 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation to Underlying Operating System Vulnerability
Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via crafted HTTP requests in Cisco Data Center Network Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0440?
CVE-2018-0440 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published on 5 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0440?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Data Center Network Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0440?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2018-0440 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0440 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2019-15976 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2019-15977 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2019-1619 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7m6x-r79m-jgqx.