Vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Director

CVE-2019-1935

A vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the CLI of an affected system by using the SCP User account (scpuser), which has default user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a documented default account with an undocumented default password and incorrect permission settings for that account. Changing the default password for this account is not enforced during the installation of the product. 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 execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the scpuser account. This includes full read and write access to the system's database.

EPSS: 0.834 (99.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
  • psirt@cisco.com (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • psirt@cisco.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • psirt@cisco.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1935?
CVE-2019-1935 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Director, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-1935?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-1935 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.