VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12630

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability65.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the Java deserialization function used by Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to a specific listener on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with the privileges of casuser.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-20
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-502

Primary references