CVE-2019-1664 - Improper Access Control

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

A vulnerability in the hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

A vulnerability in the hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform

First reported 6 years ago

2019-02-21 19:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:47:00

Affected Software

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 2.6(1a)

2.6\(1a\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 2.6(1b)

2.6\(1b\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 2.6(1d)

2.6\(1d\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 2.6(1e)

2.6\(1e\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1a)

3.0\(1a\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1b)

3.0\(1b\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1c)

3.0\(1c\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1d)

3.0\(1d\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1e)

3.0\(1e\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1h)

3.0\(1h\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.0(1i)

3.0\(1i\)

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform 3.5(1a)

3.5\(1a\)

References

107103

Third Party Advisory

20190220 Cisco HyperFlex Software Unauthenticated Root Access Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory

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