PT-2018-2016 · Cisco · Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (Vsm)

Published 2018-10-05 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-15427

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system by using the root account, which has default, static user credentials. The issue is due to the presence of undocumented, default, static user credentials for the root account of the affected software on certain systems. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary commands as the root user. This could enable the attacker to perform actions with administrator privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01632

CVE-2018-15427

Affected Products

Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (Vsm)

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01632 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180921-vsm · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15427 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15427 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041733 · Note
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/105381/info · Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-ospfv3-dos · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105381 · Note