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.
Published 2019-05-16 01:29:00
Updated 2019-06-19 20:15:11
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Vulnerability category: Input validationExecute code

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1821

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 96.88%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 100 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2019-1821

  • Cisco Prime Infrastructure Health Monitor TarArchive Directory Traversal Vulnerability
    Disclosure Date: 2019-05-15
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/http/cpi_tararchive_upload
    This module exploits a vulnerability found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure. The issue is that the TarArchive Java class the HA Health Monitor component uses does not check for any directory traversals while unpacking a Tar file, which can be abused by a remote user to

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-1821

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
10.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
NIST
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
NIST
8.8
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
Cisco Systems, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2019-1821

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by:
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
    • ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2019-1821

Products affected by CVE-2019-1821

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