Analyst readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Cisco Video Surveillance Manager had a high-severity flaw in its web management interface. An unauthenticated remote attacker could request arbitrary files from an affected device, potentially exposing credentials, configuration data, or other sensitive files.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any organization using Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, especially if management access crosses trust boundaries. The business risk is confidential file exposure from security infrastructure, not system takeover based on the provided sources.
Technical view
CVE-2019-1717 is an information disclosure issue caused by improper parameter validation in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager’s web-based management interface. The CVE maps to CWE-22 and has CVSS 3.0 score 7.5: network-reachable, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, high confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant where Cisco Video Surveillance Manager is deployed and its web-based management interface is reachable by untrusted networks. The source bundle does not identify specific affected versions beyond the product name.
Exploitation context
The CVE describes unauthenticated remote exploitation through malicious requests to an affected component. The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cite active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The provided evidence supports arbitrary file download and confidentiality impact only. It does not provide version granularity, exploit code, observed exploitation, or confirmed patches in the bundle. Use Cisco’s advisory as the authority for precise affected and fixed release information.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco’s advisory for affected releases, fixed software, and supported remediation guidance.
- Upgrade or apply Cisco-recommended workarounds if the advisory identifies them for your deployment.
- Restrict access to the web management interface to trusted administration networks.
- Confirm exposed management interfaces are not reachable from the public internet.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco Video Surveillance Manager deployments and owners.
- Identify which instances expose the web-based management interface.
- Compare installed versions and configurations against Cisco’s advisory.
- Review access logs for unusual unauthenticated requests to management paths.
- Check whether sensitive configuration files could have been exposed.
Public sources used
Based on public source material and reviewed before publication.
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-22: File access and web shell behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20190515 Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Web-Based Management Interface Information Disclosure VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
- 108336CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.