CVE-2018-0238

N/A
Published: April 19, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUnified Computing System Director

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the role-based resource checking functionality of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view unauthorized information for any virtual machine in the UCS Director end-user portal and perform any permitted operations on any virtual machine. The permitted operations can be configured for the end user on the virtual machines with either of the following settings: The virtual machine is associated to a Virtual Data Center (VDC) that has an end user self-service policy attached to the VDC. The end user role has VM Management Actions settings configured under User Permissions. This is a global configuration, so all the virtual machines visible in the end-user portal will have the VM management actions available. The vulnerability is due to improper user authentication checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the UCS Director with a modified username and valid password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain visibility into and perform actions against all virtual machines in the UCS Director end-user portal of the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director releases 6.0 and 6.5 prior to patch 3 that are in a default configuration. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh53501.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

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References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103919
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040708

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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