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CVE detail

CVE-2019-1664

A vulnerability in the hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 21.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 21.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products, including high severity flaws in HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance. Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products, including high severity vulnerabilities affecting HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance. Security updates fix […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comFeb 22, 2019, 7:13 AM
  • Cisco this week released patches for more than a dozen vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including high severity flaws in HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance.

    newswww.securityweek.comFeb 21, 2019, 5:19 PM
  • Cisco has released another batch of fixes for many of its products, including HyperFlex, Prime infrastructure, WebEx, and Firepower devices. Fixed HyperFlex bugs Five of the patched vulnerabilities affect Cisco HyperFlex Software, software running on Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series data center nodes. Two of them are high risk security holes: CVE-2018-15380 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to run commands on the affected host as the root user CVE-2019-1664 could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comFeb 21, 2019, 1:52 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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