Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Cisco Integrated Management Controller contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell-level access to the affected device.

The vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the map-nfs command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands in the command-line interface of the affected device.

Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice; however, software updates are not available.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must authenticate and have local access to the targeted device. These access requirements decrease the likelihood of a successful exploit.

Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.