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An unauthenticated attacker with remote network access can exploit it without user interaction by sending specially crafted data to the device, allowing them to write arbitrary files to the filesystem and execute code with root privileges.","provenance":"ai","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","generatedAt":"2026-10-23T07:15:33Z"},"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org CNA"},"epss":{"score":0.8378,"percentile":0.99689,"date":"2026-10-31","provenance":"source"},"kev":null,"vulncheckKev":null,"exploited":false,"otx":null,"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"references":[{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190626-dcnm-codex","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_CISCO"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108906","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/11","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153546/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-11.1-1-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/7","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154304/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"techniques":[{"id":"T1105","name":"Ingress Tool Transfer","tactics":["command-and-control"],"provenance":"source","basis":"ctid-cve","bases":["ctid-cve"],"basisDetail":"CTID attack_to_cve (Phase 2)","mappingType":"primary_impact","evidence":[],"confidence":"high"},{"id":"T1059","name":"Command and Scripting Interpreter","tactics":["execution"],"provenance":"source","basis":"ctid-cve","bases":["ctid-cve"],"basisDetail":"CTID attack_to_cve (Phase 2)","mappingType":"secondary_impact","evidence":[],"confidence":"high"}],"reports":[],"affected":[],"advisories":[],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2019-10177","url":"https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-10177","exploited":false,"exploitedSince":null,"provenance":"source"},"exploits":[{"id":47347,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47347","title":"Cisco Data Center Network Manager - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)","type":"remote","platform":"java","date":"2019-09-03","verified":true,"provenance":"source"},{"id":47347,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47347","title":"Cisco Data Center Network Manager - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)","type":"remote","platform":"java","date":"2019-09-03","verified":true,"provenance":"source"}],"exploitSources":{"exploitdb":{"count":2,"earliest":"2019-09-03"},"metasploit":[{"name":"Cisco Data Center Network Manager Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution","module":"exploit/multi/http/cisco_dcnm_upload_2019","type":"exploit","disclosureDate":"2019-06-26","url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/cisco_dcnm_upload_2019.rb"}],"first":{"date":"2019-06-26","source":"Metasploit","url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/cisco_dcnm_upload_2019.rb"},"provenance":"source"},"exploitRefs":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153546/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-11.1-1-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154304/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"],"flow":[{"stage":"primary","techniques":["T1105"],"provenance":"source"},{"stage":"secondary","techniques":["T1059"],"provenance":"source"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2019-06-26","kind":"exploit-public","label":"First public exploit: Metasploit; later: Exploit-DB 2019-09-03","url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/cisco_dcnm_upload_2019.rb","provenance":"source"},{"date":"2019-06-27","kind":"published","label":"Published (CVE.org)","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1620","provenance":"source"}],"speed":{"daysToPublicExploit":null,"firstExploitFrom":"Metasploit","daysToKev":null},"priority":{"score":31.8,"factors":[{"name":"In a KEV catalog","points":0.0,"detail":"not listed"},{"name":"Recent KEV listing","points":0.0,"detail":"not listed"},{"name":"Known ransomware use","points":0.0,"detail":"not known"},{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":19.94,"detail":"percentile 0.9969"},{"name":"Named in threat reports","points":0.0,"detail":"0 reports"},{"name":"Public exploit code","points":5.0,"detail":"2 Exploit-DB entries; 2 NVD exploit links; 1 Metasploit module"},{"name":"Mentioned in OTX pulses","points":0.0,"detail":"0 pulses"},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":6.86,"detail":"base score 9.8"},{"name":"End-of-life product","points":0.0,"detail":"supported or unknown"}]}}