CVE-2019-1885 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability

High 7.2 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on Cisco Integrated Management Controller devices via the Redfish protocol.

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-2019-1885?

CVE-2019-1885 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 21 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Redfish protocol of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted authenticated commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands on an affected device with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1885?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor, Cisco Unified Computing System.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1885 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-2019-1885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hfhw-2r7f-rrr3.

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