Cisco

A significant security breach due to a critical vulnerability CVE-2024-20439 in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility has been actively exploited, allowing attackers to gain administrative access via hardcoded credentials. This flaw exposes organizations to potential data leaks and unauthorized control over affected systems, leading to operational disruptions, reputational damage, and compromising sensitive information. The vulnerability, coupled with other exploits like CVE-2024-20440, presents a considerable risk, as it simplifies the attackers' process to compromise systems and extract sensitive data.

Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/cisa-cisco-smart-licensing-utility-credential-vulnerability/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cisco

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"linkid": "cisco",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "4/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Cisco',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hardcoded Credentials',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Sensitive Information'},
 'description': 'A significant security breach due to a critical vulnerability '
                'CVE-2024-20439 in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility has been '
                'actively exploited, allowing attackers to gain administrative '
                'access via hardcoded credentials. This flaw exposes '
                'organizations to potential data leaks and unauthorized '
                'control over affected systems, leading to operational '
                'disruptions, reputational damage, and compromising sensitive '
                'information. The vulnerability, coupled with other exploits '
                'like CVE-2024-20440, presents a considerable risk, as it '
                "simplifies the attackers' process to compromise systems and "
                'extract sensitive data.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Reputational Damage',
            'data_compromised': 'Sensitive Information',
            'operational_impact': 'Operational Disruptions',
            'systems_affected': 'Cisco Smart Licensing Utility'},
 'motivation': 'Unauthorized Access, Data Leak',
 'title': 'Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Vulnerability Exploit',
 'type': 'Security Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': ['CVE-2024-20439', 'CVE-2024-20440']}