CVE-2018-0440

HIGH

Cisco Data Center Network Manager < 11.0(1) - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via HTTP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A 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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041682

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0225
EPSS Percentile 80.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/data_center_network_manager < 11.0\(1\)
Published Oct 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026