Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Appliance Default Password Vulnerability
Published Oct 5, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.83%
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.
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 Video Surveillance Manager | n/a |
|
- 7.10
- 7.11
- 7.11.1
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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
YesTechnical 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 3, 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 (35 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5.71% (0.05708) | 92.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.71% (0.05708) | 92.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 5.71% (0.05708) | 92.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 5.71% (0.05708) | 92.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 93.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 7.52% (0.07516) | 91.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 8.79% (0.08794) | 92.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 9.94% (0.09939) | 92.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 12.84% (0.12842) | 93.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 14.45% (0.14450) | 94.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 18.84% (0.18841) | 94.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.58% (0.25576) | 93.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 18.84% (0.18841) | 94.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 72.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 72.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00495) | 76.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00702) | 79.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00772) | 80.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01041) | 82.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01062) | 82.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00938) | 80.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 74.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01828) | 35.38th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01828) | 34.69th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.83% (0.01828) | 74.99th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.83% (0.01828) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105381 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041733 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180921-vsm vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105381 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041733 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180921-vsm | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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