Vulnerability · Published Apr 24, 2024 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2024-20356

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE) from Cisco. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 29.6% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)29.6%top 1.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) 3.0(1c)3.0(1d)3.0(3a)3.0(3b)3.0(3e)3.0(4a)3.0(4d)3.0(4e)
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE) 2.1.02.4.02.4.12.4.23.2.13.2.23.2.33.2.4

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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