CVE-2018-20053 — An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The hostname, timezone, and NTP server configurations on the CCE device are vulnerable to command injection by sending a crafted configuration file over the network.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The hostname, timezone, and NTP server configurations on the CCE device are vulnerable to command injection by sending a crafted configuration file over the network.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-25T15:43:56.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:51:18.808Z

09References

• www.securifera.com — https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053/