First published: Thu Feb 08 2018(Updated: )
A vulnerability in an operations script of Cisco UCS Central could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the daemon user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by posting a crafted request to the user interface of Cisco UCS Central. This vulnerability affects Cisco UCS Central Software prior to Release 2.0(1c). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve70825.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco UCS Central Software | =1.5\(1c\) |
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CVE-2018-0113 is a vulnerability in an operations script of Cisco UCS Central that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the daemon user.
The severity of CVE-2018-0113 is high, with a severity value of 8.8.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2018-0113 by posting malicious input to the vulnerable script.
The affected software is Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software version 1.5(1c).
To fix CVE-2018-0113, Cisco recommends applying the necessary updates and patches provided in the security advisory.