CVE-2018-0431 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software, affecting Cisco Unified Computing System products. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient input validation to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:2.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0\(3a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:3.0\(3a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:3.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.