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CVE-2018-15389
published 2018-10-05

CVE-2018-15389: A vulnerability in the install function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the…

PriorityP263critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.51%
71.5th percentile
A vulnerability in the install function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the administrative web interface using a default hard-coded username and password that are used during install. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded password that, in some cases, is not replaced with a unique password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the administrative web interface with administrator-level privileges.

Affected

4 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscocisco_prime_collaboration_provisioning
ciscoprime_collaboration
ciscoprime_collaboration_provisioning_intermittent_hard-coded_password
the_openjpeg_projectopenjpeg2>= 0 < 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.12.1.2-1.1+deb9u5build0.16.04.1

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Detect unauthenticated access to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) administrative web interface using default hard-coded credentials set during installation — monitor for successful admin-level logins from unexpected sources, especially on fresh or recently installed PCP instances
  • Flag cases where the PCP install process did not replace the default hard-coded password with a unique one — audit PCP deployments for use of default credentials on the administrative web interface
  • ·The hard-coded credentials are only present intermittently — only when the install function fails to replace the default password with a unique one. Not all PCP deployments are affected, making detection inconsistent across environments.
  • ·There are no workarounds available for this vulnerability; patching via Cisco software updates is the only remediation path.
  • ·Cisco internal bug tracker reference for this vulnerability is CSCvd86564, which may be useful for vendor-specific patch tracking.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_cisco8.1HIGH
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