Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published Aug 21, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.37%
Description
A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to set sensitive configuration values and gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of substring comparison operations that are performed by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker with read-only privileges to gain administrator privileges.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<4.0(2f)
- 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 (Management Software) | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- 4.0\(1c\)hs3
Configuration 2
- < 4.0\(4b\)
Configuration 3
- < 4.0\(2f\)
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:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 20, 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 | 1.37% (0.01369) | 70.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01369) | 70.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 51.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 50.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00158) | 50.50th | 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 | 10.85% (0.10855) | 88.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 54.79th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02445) | 54.36th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 34.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privescal vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privescal | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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