Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Cisco UCS Device: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CVE-2019-1627)

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Cisco UCS Device: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CVE-2019-1627)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/20/2019
Created
09/26/2019
Added
09/25/2019
Modified
10/08/2020

Description

A vulnerability in the Server Utilities of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive user information from the configuration data that is stored on the affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient protection of data in the configuration file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by downloading the configuration file. An exploit could allow the attacker to use the sensitive information from the file to elevate privileges.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ucs-device-upgrade-4_0-4b

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;