Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-4259 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System 1.5(3)/1.6(0.16)
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The Integrated Management Controller on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) C servers with software 1.5(3) and 1.6(0.16) has a default SSL certificate, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of a private key, aka Bug IDs CSCum56133 and CSCum56177.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.