CVE-2019-15997 Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.7 Published 26 Nov 2019 Updated 20 Nov 2024

An authenticated local attacker can execute arbitrary commands as root via insufficient validation in a CLI command.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-15997?

CVE-2019-15997 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco DNA Spaces, published on 26 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input during the execution of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15997?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Dna Spaces\.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15997 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-2019-15997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wfmg-82gp-4v96.