Man-in-the-middle attack in Cisco Prime Infrastructure
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-1659 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-300 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH |
| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack
EUVDB-ID: #VU17840
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1659
CWE-ID:
CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.
The vulnerability exists in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) integration feature due to improper validation of the server SSL certificate when establishing the SSL tunnel with ISE. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted SSL certificate, intercept communications between the ISE and PI and view and alter potentially sensitive information that the ISE maintains about clients that are connected to the network.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Prime Infrastructure: 3.5.0.0
CPE2.3 External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
