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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-1620 – Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis summary

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.

Impact

Unauthorized system access

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

Cisco Data Center Network Manager releases prior to Release 11.2(1).

Remediation

Update to patch DCNM Software Release 11.2(1).

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