Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series Web-Based Management Interface Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Cisco · Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on an affected system by using a web browser and with the privileges of the user.
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
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What they do
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Disclosed on 3 May 2019. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 2Resource DevelopmentTA0042
ExecutionTA0002
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 6 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Malicious LinkT1204.0014 general rules
- Symlink Etc Passwdhightest
- Potential ClickFix Execution Pattern - Registryhighexperimental
- Suspicious ClickFix/FileFix Execution Patternhighexperimental
- Suspicious Execution via macOS Script Editormediumtest
Stage CapabilitiesT16082 general rules
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 3 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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