Cisco Identity Services Engine 1.4/2.0/2.0.1/2.1.0 SSH access control
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Identity Services Engine 1.4/2.0/2.0.1/2.1.0 (Policy Management Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.
The bug was discovered 11/01/2017. The weakness was presented 11/02/2017 as cisco-sa-20171101-ise as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12261 since 08/03/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104480 (Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104480).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 104480
Nessus Name: Cisco Identity Services Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20171101-ise
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12261 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039717
SecurityFocus: 101641 - Cisco Identity Services Engine CVE-2017-12261 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 11/02/2017 23:06Updated: 01/21/2021 13:42
Changes: 11/02/2017 23:06 (68), 12/02/2019 17:40 (6), 01/21/2021 13:42 (2)
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