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Cisco Unified Computing System Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

CISCO

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

A vulnerability in a CGI script in the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager and the Cisco Firepower 9000 Series appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the Cisco UCS Manager or the Cisco Firepower 9000 Series appliance.

Insight

Insight

The vulnerability is due to unprotected calling of shell commands in the CGI script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the Cisco UCS Manager appliance.

Affected Software

Affected Software

The first fixed releases of Cisco UCS Manager are 2.2(4b), 2.2(5a), and 3.0(2e). Earlier versions of 2.2.x are affected by this vulnerability.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Updates are available

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