VDB-10088 · CVE-2013-3466 · BID 62028

Cisco Secure Access Control System up to 4.2.1.15 EAP-FAST Authentication Module improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Access Control System up to 4.2.1.15 (Network Management Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component EAP-FAST Authentication Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The EAP-FAST authentication module in Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 4.x before 4.2.1.15.11, when a RADIUS server configuration is enabled, does not properly parse user identities, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted EAP-FAST packets, aka Bug ID CSCui57636.

The weakness was presented 08/28/2013 by Brad Antoniewicz (McAfee) with Fundstone Professional Services as cisco-sa-20130828-acs as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-3466 since 05/06/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/21/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69926 (Cisco Secure Access Control Server for Windows Remote Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 4.2.1.15.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69926). networkworld.com is providing further details.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 69926
Nessus Name: Cisco Secure Access Control Server for Windows Remote Code Execution
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Upgrade: Secure Access Control System 4.2.1.15.11

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20130828-acs
Researcher: Brad Antoniewicz (McAfee)
Organization: Fundstone Professional Services
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-3466 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1028958
Vulnerability Center: 41300 - [cisco-sa-20130828-acs] Cisco ACS 4.0 - 4.2.1.15.10 Remote Code Execution via Crafted EAP-FAST Packets, Critical
SecurityFocus: 62028 - Cisco Secure Access Control Server CVE-2013-3466 Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 54610 - Cisco Secure Access Control Server EAP-FAST User Identity Parsing Command Execution Vulner, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 96668

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2013 12:06
Updated: 05/21/2021 19:37
Changes: 09/03/2013 12:06 (77), 05/10/2017 09:07 (4), 05/21/2021 19:29 (3), 05/21/2021 19:37 (1)
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Committer: olku

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