Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published Aug 21, 2019
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.70%
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the system configuration. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow a user with read-only privileges to change critical system configurations using administrator privileges.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<2.0(13o)
- Version
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 Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE) | n/a |
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Configuration 1
- 4.0\(1c\)hs3
Configuration 2
- ≥ 1.5.0.0 · < 1.5\(9g\)
- ≥ 2.0.0.0 · < 2.0\(13o\)
- ≥ 3.0.0.0 · < 3.0\(4k\)
- ≥ 4.0.0.0 · < 4.0\(4b\)
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
Configuration 3
- ≥ 4.0.0.0 · < 4.0\(1d\)
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
Configuration 4
- ≥ 4.0.0.0 · < 4.0\(2c\)
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- 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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 21, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.70% (0.01703) | 76.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.70% (0.01703) | 74.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 47.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 46.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 44.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.46% (0.05463) | 76.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 54.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 54.36th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 33.69th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privilege vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privilege | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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