Cisco IMC CLI Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Elevation

CVE-2024-20295
8.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Unified Computing System (standalone)
Cisco Unified Computing System E-series Software (ucse)
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 April 2024

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Summary

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have read-only or higher privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) = 3.0(1c)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) = 3.0(1d)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) = 3.0(2b)

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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • First article discovered by ÇözümPark

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

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