CVE-2018-15427

CRITICAL

Cisco Video Surveillance Manager - Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution via Default Root Credentials

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A 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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105381
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041733

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0683
EPSS Percentile 93.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/video_surveillance_manager 7.10
cisco/video_surveillance_manager 7.11
cisco/video_surveillance_manager 7.11.1
Published Oct 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026