Cisco Unified Computing System Role-based Resource Checking User Permission improper authentication
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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Role-based Resource Checking. The manipulation as part of a User Permission leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A vulnerability in the role-based resource checking functionality of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view unauthorized information for any virtual machine in the UCS Director end-user portal and perform any permitted operations on any virtual machine. The permitted operations can be configured for the end user on the virtual machines with either of the following settings: The virtual machine is associated to a Virtual Data Center (VDC) that has an end user self-service policy attached to the VDC. The end user role has VM Management Actions settings configured under User Permissions. This is a global configuration, so all the virtual machines visible in the end-user portal will have the VM management actions available. The vulnerability is due to improper user authentication checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the UCS Director with a modified username and valid password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain visibility into and perform actions against all virtual machines in the UCS Director end-user portal of the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director releases 6.0 and 6.5 prior to patch 3 that are in a default configuration. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh53501.
The bug was discovered 04/18/2018. The weakness was released 04/19/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20180418-uscd as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0238 since 11/27/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20180418-uscd
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0238 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040708
SecurityFocus: 103919 - Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVE-2018-0238 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 04/21/2018 16:12Updated: 03/03/2023 14:05
Changes: 04/21/2018 16:12 (62), 01/29/2020 22:25 (5), 03/03/2023 14:05 (4)
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