What is CVE-2019-19642?

CVE-2019-19642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Supermicro X8sti-F, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-19642?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-19642 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Supermicro X8sti-F

CVE-2019-19642

On SuperMicro X8STi-F motherboards with IPMI firmware 2.06 and BIOS 02.68, the Virtual Media feature allows OS Command Injection by authenticated attackers who can send HTTP requests to the IPMI IP address. This requires a POST to /rpc/setvmdrive.asp with shell metacharacters in ShareHost or ShareName. The attacker can achieve a persistent backdoor.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.190 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Supermicro X8sti-f
Supermicro X8sti-f_bios — versions 02.68
Supermicro X8sti-f_firmware — versions 2.06
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19642?: CVE-2019-19642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Supermicro X8sti-F, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-19642?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-19642 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.