Cisco UCS Director Default Credentials Vulnerability

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National Cyber Awareness System:

Cisco UCS Director Default Credentials Vulnerability [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2014/02/21/Cisco-UCS-Director-Default-Credentials-Vulnerability ] 
02/21/2014 08:04 AM EST 
Original release date: February 21, 2014

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director. 
This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take complete control of the affected device due 
to a default root user account created during installation. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would provide 
the attacker with full administrative rights to the system.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisory  [ 
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140219-ucsd ]and apply the update 
provided to address this vulnerability.

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