First published: Thu Sep 05 2019(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the “plug-and-play” services component of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper access restrictions on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access running configuration information about devices managed by the IND, including administrative credentials.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Cisco Industrial Network Director | <1.6.0 | |
Cisco Network Level Service | =1.6\(0.369\) |
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CVE-2019-1976 is a vulnerability in the "plug-and-play" services component of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device.
CVE-2019-1976 is classified as critical with a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10.
The affected software for CVE-2019-1976 includes Cisco Industrial Network Director versions up to and exclusive to 1.6.0 and Cisco Network Level Service version 1.6 (0.369).
An attacker can exploit CVE-2019-1976 by exploiting improper access restrictions on the web-based management interface of the affected devices.
More information about CVE-2019-1976 can be found in the Cisco Security Advisory at https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190904-ind.