Cisco Prime Infrastructure/Evolved Programmable Network Web-based Management Interface privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network (Network Management Software) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is a code block of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exist because the software improperly validates user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-1822 since 12/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 135129, 135130, 135131 and 135132 for similar entries.

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• Cisco

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• Prime Infrastructure
• Evolved Programmable Network

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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0-Day Time: ?12/06/2018 CVE assigned
05/16/2019 +161 days Advisory disclosed
05/16/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/16/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-1822 (?)
See also: ?Created: 05/16/2019 01:59 PM
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