Vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager
CVE-2018-15427
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.
EPSS: 0.068 (93.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Video Surveillance Manager — versions n/a
- Cisco Connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220
- Cisco Video_surveillance_manager — versions 7.10, 7.11, 7.11.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15427?
- CVE-2018-15427 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15427?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-15427 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.