Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation to Underlying Operating System Vulnerability
Published Oct 5, 2018
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.25%
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.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | n/a |
|
- < 11.0\(1\)
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 25, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02253) | 82.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02253) | 80.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 13.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 34.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 32.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 42.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 50.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00094) | 38.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01163) | 29.87th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01163) | 29.23th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.16% (0.01163) | 67.05th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.16% (0.01163) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041682 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-cdcnm-escalation vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041682 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-cdcnm-escalation | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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