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CVE-2019-1935
published 2019-08-21

CVE-2019-1935: A vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an…

PriorityP186critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
83.39%
99.7th percentile
A vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the CLI of an affected system by using the SCP User account (scpuser), which has default user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a documented default account with an undocumented default password and incorrect permission settings for that account. Changing the default password for this account is not enforced during the installation of the product. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the scpuser account. This includes full read and write access to the system's database.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachetomcat
ciscocisco_unified_computing_system_director>= unspecified < 6.7.3.06.7.3.0
ciscointegrated_management_controller_supervisor
ciscointegrated_management_controller_supervisor2.2.0.0 – 2.2.0.6
ciscointegrated_management_controller_supervisor_cisco_ucs_director_and_cisco_ucs_dir
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director
ciscoucs_director_express_for_big_data
ciscoucs_director_express_for_big_data
ciscoucs_director_express_for_big_data
ciscoucs_director_express_for_big_data
ciscoucs_director_express_for_big_data

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

otherscpuser:scpuser
url/app/ui/ClientServlet?apiName=GetUserInfo
url/app/ui/login.jsp
  • Detect SSH login attempts using the username 'scpuser' — the default credential pair is scpuser:scpuser. Alert on successful SSH authentication with this account.
  • Detect HTTP requests to /app/ui/ClientServlet that include both X-Starship-UserSession-Key and X-Starship-Request-Key headers simultaneously — this is the authentication bypass pattern for CVE-2019-1937 (related, same advisory).
  • Monitor for SSH sessions on port 22 to Cisco UCS Director / IMC Supervisor appliances originating from unexpected sources, particularly those authenticating with password-based auth methods.
  • Alert on HTTP responses from /app/ui/ClientServlet returning loginName 'admin' without a prior valid authentication flow — indicates successful auth bypass.
  • ·The default password for the scpuser account is not enforced to be changed during product installation, meaning vulnerable systems may remain exposed post-deployment without active remediation.
  • ·The Metasploit module was only tested against Cisco UCS Director versions 6.6.0 and 6.7.0; IMC Supervisor and UCS Director Express for Big Data are listed as affected by Cisco but were not independently verified by the researcher.
  • ·The scpuser account grants full read and write access to the system's database, not just limited shell access — privilege scope is broader than a typical unprivileged account.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_cisco9.8CRITICAL
vendor_apache4.8MEDIUM
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