CVE-2018-0440

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-0440
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-05 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager could allow an authenticated application administrator to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of user input within an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and then sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the authenticated attacker to issue commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Data Center Network Manager All All All All
Application Cisco Data Center Network Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation to Underlying Operating System Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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