Cisco Secure Access Control Server 4.x Session Management Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Access Control Server 4.x (Network Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Session Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 4.x for Windows uses the client s IP address and the server s port number to grant access to an HTTP server port for an administration session, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via various methods, aka "ACS Weak Session Management Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 06/23/2006. The weakness was released 06/23/2006 by Darren Bounds (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3226 since 06/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/22/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27328).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Darren Bounds
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3226 (🔍)
X-Force: 27328
SecurityTracker: 1016369
Vulnerability Center: 12172 - Cisco ACS for Windows Weak Session Management Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 18621 - Cisco Secure ACS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 20816 - Cisco Secure ACS Session Management Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 26825 - Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) Session Management Authentication Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2006-2524

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/22/2019 08:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (68), 06/22/2019 08:55 (1)
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