cve-2019-1863
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-08-21 18:15
Modified
2024-11-21 19:15
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imc-privilegeVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE)
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