Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Appliance Default Password Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) Software running on certain Cisco Connected Safety and Security Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system by using the root account, which has default, static user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of undocumented, default, static user credentials for the root account of the affected software on certain systems. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Video Surveillance Manager | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Video Surveillance Manager VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.10 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.11 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.11.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m4_1-ru:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m4_2-ru:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m5_1-ru:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m5_2-ru:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.10 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.11 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_surveillance_manager:7.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.11.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m4_1-ru:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m4_2-ru:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m5_1-ru:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:connected_safety_and_security_ucs_c220:-:*:*:*:*:*:m5_2-ru:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15427
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-47wq-mxqc-399h
References
More Cisco Video Surveillance Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-01343 Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Web-Based Management Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-02996 Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) before 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to obtain… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2013-02995 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2013-02997 Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) before 7.0.0 does not require authentication for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-15427 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15427 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-47wq-mxqc-399h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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