CVE-2024-20439

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A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.

9.8 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:smart_license_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

01 Apr 2025, 22:15

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Summary (en) A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to log in to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system with administrative privileges over the API of the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility application. (en) A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.

01 Apr 2025, 01:00

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References () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw - Vendor Advisory () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw - Vendor Advisory

13 Sep 2024, 19:35

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References () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw - () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw - Vendor Advisory
CWE CWE-798
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cisco:smart_license_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Cisco
Cisco smart License Utility

05 Sep 2024, 12:53

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Summary
  • (es) Una vulnerabilidad en Cisco Smart Licensing Utility podría permitir que un atacante remoto no autenticado inicie sesión en un sistema afectado mediante una credencial administrativa estática. Esta vulnerabilidad se debe a una credencial de usuario estática no documentada para una cuenta administrativa. Un atacante podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad mediante el uso de las credenciales estáticas para iniciar sesión en el sistema afectado. Una explotación exitosa podría permitir que el atacante inicie sesión en el sistema afectado con privilegios administrativos sobre la API de la aplicación Cisco Smart Licensing Utility.

04 Sep 2024, 17:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-09-04 17:15

Updated : 2025-04-03 20:58

NVD link : CVE-2024-20439

Mitre link : CVE-2024-20439

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-20439

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Products Affected

cisco

  • smart_license_utility
CWE
CWE-912

Hidden Functionality

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials