PT-2018-8831 · Cisco · Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Published 2018-10-05 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0440

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Data Center Network Manager (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to incomplete input validation of user input within an HTTP request in the web interface, allowing an authenticated application administrator to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. An attacker could exploit this by authenticating to the application and sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to issue commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0440

Affected Products

Cisco Data Center Network Manager

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0440 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0440 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-cdcnm-escalation · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041682 · Note