PT-2020-4960 · Cisco · Cisco Integrated Management Controller

Abramov Nikita + 1 · Published 2020-11-18 · Updated 2021-08-06 · CVE-2020-3470

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 Integrated Management Controller (IMC) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to multiple vulnerabilities in the API subsystem of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to improper boundary checks for certain user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted HTTP request to the API subsystem of an affected system, potentially leading to an exploitable buffer overflow condition. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS).

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

Buffer Overflow

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-05535

CVE-2020-3470

Affected Products

Cisco Integrated Management Controller

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3470 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3470 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucs-api-rce-UXwpeDHd · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05535 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16552 · Telegram Post