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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-1620 in the critical feed json

Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-10177

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.8%
EPSS 83.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect permission settings in affected DCNM software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading specially crafted data to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files on the filesystem and execute code with root privileges on the affected device.

Patch / fix

  • Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager 11.2(1)

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/cisco_dcnm_upload_2019)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

83.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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