Cisco Unified Computing System Manager CGI RCE (CSCur90888)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88488

Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability.

Description

The Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager running on the remote device is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability due to unprotected calling of shell commands in the /ucsm/getkvmurl.cgi CGI script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted HTTP request, to execute arbitrary commands.

Solution

Refer to Cisco bug ID CSCur90888 for any available patches, or contact the vendor for a fix or workaround.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b19d728f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88488

File Name: cisco-sa-20160120-ucsm.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/29/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6435

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_computing_system

Required KB Items: installed_sw/cisco_ucs_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6435

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20160120-ucsm

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCur90888