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Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20141201-CVE-2014-8003 · Medium · Published · Updated

Cisco Integrated Management Controller contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell-level access to the affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the map-nfs command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands in the command-line interface of the affected device. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice; however, software updates are not available. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must authenticate and have local access to the targeted device. These access requirements decrease the likelihood of a successful exploit. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to access local systems.

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2014-8003
Cisco Bug IDsCSCup05998
CVSS ScoreBase 6.8
Base 6.8 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
Product Names From Source
Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone)

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