CVE-2018-15427

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15427
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-05 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) Software running on certain Cisco Connected Safety and Security Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms 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 vulnerability 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. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Connected Safety And Security Ucs C220 - All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.10 All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.11 All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.11.1 All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.10 All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.11 All All All
Application Cisco Video Surveillance Manager 7.11.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Default User Account Lets Remote Users Access the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Appliance Default Password Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Appliance CVE-2018-15427 Insecure Default Password Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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